Overview

Chinese Government donates 30,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $540,000 in March 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$497,956

Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•MontenegroDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•MontenegroSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Mar 3, 2021

Start (actual): Mar 3, 2021

End (actual): Mar 3, 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 Montenegro

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 30,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $540,000 in March 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On March 3, 2021, a Chinese Government donation of 200,000 Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines arrived in Montenegro. This donation from the Chinese Government was meant to help vaccinate the Montenegrin population. The Government of Montenegro subsequently purchased 201,200 doses of the Sinopharm COVID-19, which arrived in Montenegro on May 1, 2021. It then purchased an additional 200,000 doses of the Sinopharm COVID-19, which arrived in Montenegro on June 30, 2021. A handover ceremony took place on July 1, 2021.

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 March 2021 donation as $540,000.