Corona Vocabulary2020/05/27


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Abenomask/アベノマスク n.

(Abe’s mask) Rhymed with “Abenomics”. A pair of fabric masks that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe patronisingly insisted on giving to every household in Japan and caused a bitter laugh nationwide, if not worldwide. Although the PM declared that he would make it done “soon” in the beginning of April. It has turned out that his “soon” meant nearly a couple of months. In Fukuoka, the masks were delivered after mid May, after the (first) “self-restriction” period was lifted by the government itself. 


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https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/seisakunitsuite/bunya/kenkou_iryou/cloth_mask_qa__00001.html