Overview

Chinese Government donates 100,000 Sinpharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $1.8 million in April 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$1,659,855

Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•MauritiusDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•MauritiusSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Apr 13, 2021

Start (actual): Apr 13, 2021

End (actual): Apr 13, 2021

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

State-owned companies

SINOPHARM Group Co. Ltd.

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Mauritius Ministry of Health and Wellness

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Mauritius

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 100,000 Sinpharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $1.8 million in April 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On April 13, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 100,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines as well as 102,400 syringes to the Government of Mauritius. Mauritian Minister of Foreign Affairs Alan Ganoo, Minister of Health and Wellness Kailesh Jagutpal and Charge d'Affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Mauritius Gong Yufeng attended the vaccine ceremony held at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport.

Staff comments

1. According to the UNICEF COVID-19 Vaccine Market Dashboard, the price of a single Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine dose is $18 (https://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/publicdisplaydocumentpdf/?cote=DCD/DAC/STAT(2022)33&docLanguage=En). As such, AidData has estimated the monetary value of the April 2021 donation as $1.8 million.