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China's Yunnan Province sends medical expert team to Laos in March 2020

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$55,912
Commitment Year•2020Country of Activity•Lao People's Democratic RepublicDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Lao People's Democratic RepublicSector•HealthFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Mar 29, 2020
Start (actual)
Mar 29, 2020

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

  • Yunnan Provincial People’s Government

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Laos

Loan description

China's Yunnan Province sends medical expert team to Laos in March 2020

Narrative

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Project narrative

On March 29, 2020, a team of 12 Chinese medical experts from China’s Yunnan Province, along with medical materials, arrived at the Wattay International Airport in Vientiane, the capital of Laos. The medical materials included medicines, nucleic acid testing kits, 10,560 N95 masks, 60,000 medical masks and 6,000 protective suits. The medical team includes experts in various fields such as infection prevention and control, intensive care, epidemics, and laboratory testing. The team came to Laos less than five days after the Lao side announced its first two confirmed COVID-19 cases and asked for assistance from China. Somdy Douangdy, Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Chair of the Task Force Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, and Chinese Ambassador to Laos, Jiang Zaidong, received the Chinese medical expert team at the airport.

Staff comments

1) The Chinese project title is 中国政府派遣医疗专家组抵达老挝帮助抗击新冠肺炎大流行. AidData has estimated the transaction amount for this donation based on price catalogues from the World Health Organization (WHO). Please see the TUFF Methodology for additional details.