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Chinese Government donates USD $13.824 million in Sinovac vaccines and PPE in February 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$12,747,686
Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•Dominican RepublicDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Dominican RepublicSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Feb 23, 2021
Start (actual)
Feb 23, 2021
End (actual)
Feb 23, 2021

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Dominican Republic

Loan description

Chinese Government donates USD $13.824 million in Sinovac vaccines and PPE in February 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On February 23, 2021, the Chinese Government donated 768,000 doses of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine, along with protective medical gear and ventilators, to the Dominican Republic. The vaccine portion of the donation was valued at an estimated USD $13,824,000. The shipment was received during an official handover ceremony attended by Vice President Raquel Peña, Foreign Minister Roberto Álvarez, and Chinese Ambassador Zhang Run. The quantity and value of the protective gear and ventilators is unknown.

Staff comments

1. According to the UNICEF COVID-19 Vaccine Market Dashboard, the price of a single Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine dose is $18 (https://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/publicdisplaydocumentpdf/?cote=DCD/DAC/STAT(2022)33&docLanguage=En). As such, AidData has estimated the monetary value of the February 2021 donation as $13,824,000. 2. The sources indicate a donation of protective clothing and ventilators, however it does not include a quantity. As a result, AidData cannot estimate a transaction cost for this part of the donation, and therefore has only coded the transaction cost to represent the value of the vaccine donation. This issue warrants further investigation.