The government finally decided to suspend the distribution of defective products from the masks supplied by the Japanese government for pregnant women.

According to Japanese media on the 21st, there have been reports of problems such as smearing of contaminants or insects from cloth masks that the Japanese government has distributed to 500,000 copies nationwide for pregnant women from the 14th of this month.

It is known that the mask may have discolored or contain hair.

Kato Katsunobu, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, said it intends to suspend the distribution of masks for pregnant women and investigate the cause.

According to NHK, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said in a press conference on the 21st that as of this morning, the number of bad masks reached 7,870 in 143 basic local governments.

He said, "Most of the initials (basic municipalities) were attempting to distribute, so we want to stop first and recover and analyze any problems as soon as possible."

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said that all masks for pregnant women were made in foreign countries, and there were few reports of defects related to fabric masks distributed to two families per household or masks distributed to nursing facilities (caring for patients, elderly and the elderly). Explained.

Nevertheless, the problem of defective masks for pregnant women has become a material that reveals the inability of the Japanese government to respond to the shortage of masks, along with the distribution of cloth masks pushed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

With a budget of more than 500 billion won, two pieces of cloth masks distributed to all households across the country are swayed by 'abeno masks' (Abe's masks).

Those who received masks at nursing homes and welfare facilities first raised issues such as 'the mask is small, the strings are released when talking,' 'the ear hurts,' and 'when it is reduced,' the Mainichi News reported on the 16th.

Looking at the photos reported by Japanese media, it is estimated that cloth masks distributed to nursing homes, pregnant women, and household furniture are all similar products.

The Japanese government began distributing two cloth masks to all households nationwide on the 17th.

As the Japanese government repeated trial and error regarding the mask, 2 million masks donated by Taiwan as part of its international contribution activities were carried on a cargo plane to Narita Airport, Japan.

The Japanese side plans to distribute the mask to public hospitals and special support schools across the country, Kyodo said.

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