Overview

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

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$3,375,149

Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•LesothoDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•LesothoSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2021

Start (actual): Aug 20, 2021

End (actual): Aug 20, 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 Lesotho

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Lesotho

Loan description

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

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

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.

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