Project ID: 91466

Chinese Government provides donation of anti-epidemic materials to Uruguayan Government in April 2020

Commitment amount

$ 26435.531846509737

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 26435.53

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Uruguay

Sector

Health (Code: 120)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

COVID

Yes

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

OOF-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2020-04-22

Actual start

2020-04-22

Actual complete

2020-04-22

Description

On April 22, 2020, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Uruguay held a handover ceremony for medical supplies donated by the Chinese Government. The donation consisted of 1,000 anti-covid suits and goggles, 1,000 N95 masks, 6,000 surgical masks, 1,000 gloves, 1,000 shoe covers, and 150 infrared thermometers to be used to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Harvard's Mask Diplomacy Dataset estimates the total donation value to be about USD 23,670. The handover ceremony was attended by officials from the Uruguayan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, officials from the Uruguayan Ministry of Public Health, and the Chinese Ambassador to Uruguay. However, the final destination or destinations of the supplies are unknown.

Additional details

Number of official sources

3

Number of total sources

5

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Uruguay [Government Agency]