{"id":939780,"date":"2021-10-30T00:28:56","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T04:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=939780"},"modified":"2021-10-30T00:28:59","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T04:28:59","slug":"taliban-interested-in-buying-russian-coronavirus-vaccines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taliban-interested-in-buying-russian-coronavirus-vaccines\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban &#039;Interested&#039; in Buying Russian Coronavirus Vaccines"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftaliban-interested-in-buying-russian-coronavirus-vaccines%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=939780&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">A spokesman for the Taliban terror group, which seized control of Afghanistan in August, said Friday the organization is \u201cinterested\u201d in receiving Chinese coronavirus vaccines from Russia to administer to Afghan citizens, Russia\u2019s state-owned TASS news agency <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/world\/1355539\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re interested in receiving vaccines from Russia as well as from any other country, which wishes to render assistance to us in this field,\u201d Qalandar Ibad, the Taliban-appointed Health Minister for Afghanistan\u2019s interim government, told reporters on October 29.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.4115523465704\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dr. Qalandar Ibad has been appointed Minister of Health.<br \/>Dr. Qalandar is a resident of Paktika Province. He holds a degree in medicine from Nangarhar University. Gained specialization in urology <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DMCde0T9lD\">pic.twitter.com\/DMCde0T9lD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Afghanistan 24\/7 (@AfghanUpdates) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AfghanUpdates\/status\/1440324891689963527?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ibad likely referred to Sputnik V, Russia\u2019s first state-made vaccine against the Chinese coronavirus. Moscow has since claimed to have successfully produced three additional coronavirus vaccines since Russia\u2019s state-run Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology announced Sputnik V in August 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Sputnik V, Russia\u2019s most widely produced and exported coronavirus vaccine, faces ongoing obstacles in gaining worldwide use approval by established medical associations. The European Union (E.U.)\u2019s official drug regulator, the European Medicines Agency (EMA), has yet to approve Sputnik V for use in the E.U. because, according to Reuters, Moscow has failed to provide the body with sufficient data demonstrating the vaccine\u2019s safety and effectiveness.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cEMA asked for a more complete dossier on production, details of how the vaccine is produced. When they have this dossier they will also be able to understand where to ask for inspections,\u201d Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/exclusive-eu-decision-russias-sputnik-v-shot-impossible-this-year-source-2021-10-21\/\">quoted<\/a> an unnamed source as saying on October 21.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16121168\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"34\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Vaccine-in-Kenya.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16121168\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Vaccine-in-Kenya.jpg\" alt=\"sputnik V\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A medical worker displays a vial with Sputnik V vaccine during the vaccination of medics at a clinic in the far eastern city of Vladivostok on December 15, 2020. AFP<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The EMA launched a formal review of Sputnik V in March but does not expect to finish its analysis of the vaccine until at least the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the required data is received by the end of November, then the regulators may well decide in the first quarter of next year,\u201d according to Reuters\u2019 source \u201cwith knowledge of the matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Lancet<\/em> medical journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lancet\/article\/PIIS0140-6736(21)00191-4\/fulltext\">published<\/a> the results of Phase III trials for Sputnik V in February showing it to be almost 92 percent effective against the Chinese coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[S]ome scientists criticized the authors for failing to provide access to the full raw data from the early-stage trials, and also voiced concerns about changes in the vaccine\u2019s administration protocol and inconsistencies in the data,\u201d the scientific journal&nbsp;<em>Nature<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-021-01813-2\">noted<\/a> on July 6 of the <em>Lancet<\/em>-published results.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe authors responded by saying that they had provided the regulatory authorities with all the data necessary for obtaining approval, and that the data included with the paper were enough for readers to confirm the reported vaccine efficacy,\u201d <em>Nature<\/em> recalled. \u201cThey also addressed the protocol queries, and said numerical inconsistencies were \u2018simple typing errors that were formally corrected.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sputnik V has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-021-01813-2\">gained<\/a> use approval in 70 countries including India, Argentina, South Korea, the Philippines, Hungary, and, most recently, Israel. The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) has <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/coronavirus-pandemic-business-europe-russia-pandemics-1ca0650bf5ec7b404e2490c107a40dc2\">not granted<\/a> Sputnkik V emergency use approval. This means the vaccine is not currently used in the United Nations (U.N.) COVAX scheme, which distributes coronavirus vaccines to poor nations, such as Afghanistan, that would struggle to acquire them otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>Israel will allow travelers vaccinated against the Chinese coronavirus with Sputnik V to enter the country starting November 15, the <em>Times of Israel<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/bucking-fda-standards-israel-to-allow-entry-for-tourists-with-russian-vaccine\/\">reported<\/a> Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s Health Ministry Director-General, Nachman Ash, confirmed the decision to Israel\u2019s Army Radio on October 27. He said travelers \u201cwho have been vaccinated with Sputnik V will have to undergo a serology test, in addition to the standard PCR [polymerase chain reaction] tests that all visitors must take before boarding their incoming flight and upon arriving in Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe serology test, which detects antibodies, will verify that those who enter the country really are inoculated against the coronavirus,\u201d Ash said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSputnik V is an adenovirus vaccine, which means that it uses an engineered adenovirus \u2014 a family of viruses that generally cause only mild illness \u2014 as a delivery mechanism for inserting the genetic code for the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein into human cells,\u201d <em>Nature<\/em> detailed in July, using to the formal name for the Chinese coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is similar to the Oxford\u2013AstraZeneca and Johnson &amp; Johnson vaccines. But instead of using one engineered adenovirus, as those two vaccines do, Sputnik V uses different adenoviruses, called rAd26 and rAd5, for the first and second doses, respectively,\u201d according to the scientific journal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A spokesman for the Taliban terror group, which seized control of Afghanistan in August, said Friday the organization is \u201cinterested\u201d in receiving Chinese coronavirus vaccines from Russia to administer to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-939780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=939780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=939780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=939780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=939780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}