Overview

Chinese Embassy Donates 1000 COVID-19 Test Kits to the Philippines in March 2020

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$10,039

Commitment Year•2020Country of Activity•PhilippinesDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•PhilippinesSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Mar 16, 2020

Start (actual): Mar 16, 2020

End (actual): Mar 30, 2020

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The coronavirus test kits arrived in Manila to help the Philippines fight the epidemic. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/103703.

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

Chinese Embassy

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Government of the Philippines

Implementing agencies

Private Sector

BGI Group

Loan description

Chinese Embassy Donates 1000 COVID-19 Test Kits to the Philippines in March 2020

Narrative

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Project narrative

On March 16th, 2020, the Chinese Embassy and the Shenzhen Mammoth Charity Foundation of China jointly donated 2,000 COVID-19 test kits to the Philippine government to help contain the outbreak in Manila. Among them, 1,000 kits were donated by Shenzhen Mammoth Charity Foundation. The kits were developed by China's BGI Group and can finish testing within 3 hours. The test kits were shipped to Thailand on March 30, 2020 (Source ID #166350).

Staff comments

1. Because the Chinese Embassy and the Shenzhen Mammoth Charity Foundation of China jointly donated 2,000 COVID-19 test kits to the Philippine government, and because 1,000 kits were donated by Shenzhen Mammoth Charity Foundation, AidData assumes the Chinese Embassy provided the remaining 1,000 tests. The total value of the donation is estimated to be $19,460.00, with each donor contributing an estimated USD 9,730.00 (USD 19,460.00 / 2 known contributors = USD 9,730.00).