Project ID: 92241

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

Commitment amount

$ 1800000.0

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 1800000.0

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

SINOPHARM Group Co. Ltd. [State-owned Company]

Recipient

Mauritius

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

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

2021-04-13

Actual start

2021-04-13

Actual complete

2021-04-13

Description

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.

Additional details

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.

Number of official sources

4

Number of total sources

14

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Mauritius Ministry of Health and Wellness [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Government of Mauritius [Government Agency]