China donates 500,000 rapid tests to Peru
Commitment amount
$ 5433412.016614696
Adjusted commitment amount
$ 5433412.02
Constant 2021 USD
Summary
Funding agency [Type]
Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]
Recipient
Peru
Sector
Health (Code: 120)
Flow type
Grant
Infrastructure
No
COVID
Yes
Category
Project lifecycle
Description
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.
Additional details
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 (Project 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.
Number of official sources
0
Number of total sources
2
Details
Cofinanced
No
Direct receiving agencies [Type]
Peru Ministry of Health (Ministerio de Salud) (MINSA) [Government Agency]