Mask "Securing Supply of 100 Million or More Papers Every Week This Week" Chief Cabinet Secretary February 21 10:52

At a press conference after the Cabinet meeting, Secretary-General Kan stated that the outlook for supply of masks in short supply was `` Currently, major domestic companies have more than doubled their supply due to a 24-hour production system, and imported from China. Has been gradually resumed and more than 100 million supplies have been secured each week this week. "

He said, "In the next month, we are working to increase our production capacity to over 600 million units per month. We are working to increase our production further. I would like to work with the public and private sectors in such a way as to make it happen. "