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Chinese Government donates 400,000 Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $7.2 million in September 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$6,639,420
Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•Democratic Republic of the CongoDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Democratic Republic of the CongoSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Sep 1, 2021
Start (actual)
Sep 29, 2021
End (actual)
Sep 29, 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 the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 400,000 Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $7.2 million in September 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On September 29, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 400,000 donated doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The vaccines were intended to complement other already available vaccines in the DRC, such as Astra Zeneca, Moderna, and Pfizer. The donation took place during a handover ceremony at N'Djili International airport. Those in attendance included the Congolese Minister of Public Health, Hygiene and Prevention Jean-Jacques Mbungani Mbanda, the Chinese Ambassador to the DRC Zhu Jing, experts from UNICEF and WHO, and other Congolese officials. At the event, Ambassador Zhu Jing and Minister Jean-Jacques Mbungani signed an act of delivery and receipt of the vaccines.

Staff comments

1. According to the UNICEF COVID-19 Vaccine Market Dashboard, the price of a single Sinovac 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 September 2021 donation as $7.2 million.