Project ID: 93664

Chinese Government donates 203,340 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $3.66 million in August 2021

Commitment amount

$ 3660119.9999999995

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 3660120.0

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Lesotho

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

2021-01-01

Actual start

2021-08-20

Actual complete

2021-08-20

Description

On August 20, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 203,340 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Lesotho. The Chinese Ambassador to Lesotho Lei Kezhong and the Minister of Health of Lesotho Hon. Semano Sekatle attended the vaccine handover ceremony.

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 August 20, 2021 donation as $3,660,120.

Number of official sources

5

Number of total sources

8

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Lesotho [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Government of Lesotho [Government Agency]