Chinese Government donates 50,000 Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $900,000 in June 2021
Commitment amount
$ 900000.0
Adjusted commitment amount
$ 900000.0
Constant 2021 USD
Summary
Funding agency [Type]
Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]
Recipient
Cabo Verde
Sector
Health (Code: 120)
Flow type
Grant
Infrastructure
No
COVID
Yes
Category
Project lifecycle
Description
On June 12, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 50,000 donated doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines and over 50,000 syringes to the Government of Cape Verde. During the handover ceremony for the vaccines at Nelson Mandela International Airport in the capital city of Praia, Cape Verdean Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva expressed gratitude for China's support, saying his country would fulfill its vaccination plan to vaccinate 70 percent of the population by the end of this year.
Additional details
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 June 2021 donation as $900,000.
Number of official sources
2
Number of total sources
5
Details
Cofinanced
No
Direct receiving agencies [Type]
Government of Cabo Verde [Government Agency]