Overview

China donates 500,000 rapid tests to Peru

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$5,019,385

Commitment Year•2020Country of Activity•PeruDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•PeruSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Apr 1, 2020

Start (actual): Apr 15, 2020

End (actual): Apr 15, 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

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Peru Ministry of Health (Ministerio de Salud) (MINSA)

Loan description

China donates 500,000 rapid tests to Peru

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On April 15, 2020, 500,000 rapid tests donated from China arrived in Peru. These tests will be distributed nationwide. The Minister of Health, Víctor Zamora, reported the arrival of the tests on April 18, 2020. This is to be distributed along with 20,000 molecular tests that arrived on the same day from Brazil.

Staff comments

1. This seems like a similar donation that arrived in Peru on April 15 from China Three Gorges Corporation, but no sources can currently confirm this (Record ID#90745) 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.