アベノマスク１１００万枚不良品　検品２０億円、在庫処理へ―参院本会議で岸田首相

　参院は２１日の本会議で、岸田文雄首相と全閣僚が出席し、２０２０年度決算の概要報告と質疑を行った。安倍政権時代に新型コロナウイルス対策として配布した布マスク「アベノマスク」が大量に在庫となっている問題について、首相は「厚生労働省が検品を実施したところ、約７１００万枚のうち約１１００万枚、約１５％が不良品だった」と明らかにした。
　立憲民主党の杉尾秀哉氏への答弁。首相は厚労省や納入事業者の検品費用などとして新たに計２０億９２００万円を要したと説明。在庫については「介護施設などへの随時配布をはじめ、費用対効果の観点から適切な策を検討していきたい」と述べ、処理を進める方針を改めて示した。（2021/12/21-12:33）

Some 11 million, or 15 pct, of 71 million cloth face masks in stock prepared by the Japanese government in the early stage of the novel coronavirus crisis but left unused have been found defective, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday.
   The substandard masks were found in inventory inspections by the health ministry, Kishida said at a meeting of the Budget Committee of the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of parliament.
   The so-called Abenomasks were procured at the initiative of then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe amid a mask shortage during the pandemic.
   At the meeting, Kishida also said his government has spent a total of 2.92 billion yen in additional costs for mask inspections by the ministry and suppliers.
   "We'll consider appropriate measures from the standpoint of cost-effectiveness, including distributing the inventory to care facilities as needed," he said, reiterating his plan to distribute them.