Project ID: 91467

Tsinghua University donated 1,000 COVID-19 test kits to the Dominican Republic

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Hefei Institute for Public Safety Research of Tsinghua University [Government Agency]

Recipient

Dominican Republic

Sector

Health (Code: 120)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-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

2020-03-31

Actual complete

2020-03-31

Description

On March 31, 2020, the Chinese Embassy in the Dominican Republic announced the arrival of 1,000 COVID-19 tests donated by the Hefei Institute for Public Safety Research of Tsinghua University. When the Chinese Embassy announced this donation, opposition member Marte Piantini tweeted and called for the embassy to clarify whether the tests came from Tsinghua University, or if they were a part of another donation made by the Alibaba and Jack Ma foundations. The ambassador clarified that 1,000 tests came from Tsinghua University, but Vinicio Castillo, the leader of the National Progressive Force in the Dominican Republic, claimed that this response was politicking, The embassy's Twitter continued to clarify that 1,000 tests came from Tsinghua University.

Number of official sources

0

Number of total sources

8

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of the Dominican Republic [Government Agency]