Project ID: 93666

China Government Donates Anti-Epidemic Supplies to Lesotho to fight Covid-19 August 2020

Commitment amount

$ 1611763.319995375

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 1611763.32

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

2020-08-01

Actual complete

2020-08-27

Description

On August 27, 2020, a handover ceremony was held for the Chinese government's donation of anti-epidemic supplies to Lesotho. This package included 50 000 surgical masks, 10 000 respirators, 50 ventilators and 200 thermometers, with a promise of another shipment of 40 oxygen machines. This was the third batch of medical aid sent by China to Lesotho to address the Covid-19 pandemic. Ambassador to Lesotho Lei Kezhong and Lesotho Deputy Minister of Health Moazi were present at the ceremony and signed the handover certificate.

Additional details

1. The status of the oxygen machines is unknown AidData has estimated the transaction amount for this donation based on price catalogues from the World Health Organization (WHO). Please see the TUFF Methodology for additional details.

Number of official sources

2

Number of total sources

3

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Lesotho [Government Agency]