{"id":103565,"date":"2020-11-28T14:57:42","date_gmt":"2020-11-28T06:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=103565"},"modified":"2020-11-28T14:57:44","modified_gmt":"2020-11-28T06:57:44","slug":"covid-19-hungary-looks-east-for-coronavirus-vaccines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=103565","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19: Hungary looks east for coronavirus vaccines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hungary-looks-east-for-coronavirus-vaccines.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hungary-looks-east-for-coronavirus-vaccines.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>BUDAPEST, Nov 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; An Aeroflot delivery of Russia\u2019s<br>Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine to EU member Hungary last week has sparked new criticism at home and abroad of Prime Minister Viktor Orban\u2019s go-it-alone policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are the first European country to receive such a sample,\u201d said Foreign<br>Minister Peter Szijjarto in a video showing the plane touching down at<br>Budapest airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An initial 10 doses were handed over for local testing, with large-scale<br>deliveries and potentially mass production by a Hungarian firm possible next year if it proves safe and effective, according to Budapest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hungarian doctors and experts will soon study the production of Sputnik V<br>in Russia, Szijjarto told a press conference with Russian health minister<br>Mikhail Murashko in Budapest on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their visit would allow a speedier decision on approval of the vaccine in<br>Hungary, said Szijjarto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Hungary has reserved potential future vaccines from both Europe and the United States, it is also in contact with Chinese and Israeli developers, according to Budapest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNo one can say for certain when we\u2019ll get a vaccine or when it\u2019ll be<br>mass-produced, (hence) Hungary should also look to the east and cooperate<br>with Russia and China,\u201d a foreign ministry official Tamas Menczer said this<br>week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Menczer accused critics of the procurement plans of representing the<br>interests of pharmaceutical multinationals and \u201cthe Brussels lobby scene\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Hungarian pro-government media are in favour of Sputnik V and criticise Brussels for being cautious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tamas Denes, a spokesman for doctors\u2019 trade union Reszasz, cautiously<br>welcomed the arrival of Sputnik V, but admitted that \u201cit is hard not to see<br>politics in it\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, \u201crefusing Sputnik just because it was developed in Russia is not<br>a good idea either, it is good to have options,\u201d Denes said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI hope for safe vaccines regardless of the country of origin,\u201d he said. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BUDAPEST, Nov 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; An Aeroflot delivery of Russia\u2019sSputnik V coronavirus vaccine to EU member Hungary last week has sparked new criticism at home and abroad of Prime Minister Viktor Orban\u2019s go-it-alone policies. \u201cWe are the first European country to receive such a sample,\u201d said ForeignMinister Peter Szijjarto in a video showing the plane [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":103570,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[209],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103565"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=103565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/103570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=103565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=103565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}