Overview

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

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

Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•Equatorial GuineaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Equatorial GuineaSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Feb 10, 2021

Start (actual): Feb 10, 2021

End (actual): Feb 10, 2021

Stakeholders

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

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Equatorial Guinea

Loan description

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

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On February 10, 2021, a shipment of 100,000 Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine doses donated by the Chinese Government to the Government of Equatorial Guinea arrived in Malabo, the capital of Equatorial Guinea. Then, on March 26, 2021, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China delivered 20,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Armed Forces of Equatorial Guinea. Several weeks later, on April 19, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 200,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Equatorial Guinea.

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 February 2021 donation as $1.8 million.