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Overview

PLA donates 100,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $1.8 million in May 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$1,659,855
Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•North MacedoniaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•North MacedoniaSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
May 15, 2021
End (actual)
May 15, 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

  • China Ministry of National Defense

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Ministry of Defense of North Macedonia

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Ministry of Defense of North Macedonia

Loan description

PLA donates 100,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $1.8 million in May 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On April 30, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 200,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of North Macedonia. Then, on May 15, 2021, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China delivered another 100,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to North Macedonia's Ministry of Defense. A handover ceremony took place for this donation in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia. Zhang Zuo, the Chinese Ambassador to North Macedonia, the North Macedonian Minister of Defense, the Minister of Health, the North Macedonian Army Chief of Staff, and the Defense Attaché of the Embassy in North Macedonia jointly attended the ceremony. These officials also inspected the vaccines and supporting syringes, and signed the handover certificate. The April 2021 donation is captured via Record ID#93675 and the May 2021 donation is captured via Record ID#93674.

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 May 2021 donation as $1.8 million.