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Chinese Government donates 200,000 Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $3.6 million in March 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$3,319,710
Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•TunisiaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•TunisiaSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Feb 25, 2021
Start (actual)
Mar 25, 2021
End (actual)
Mar 25, 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

  • Tunisian Ministry of Health

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 200,000 Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $3.6 million in March 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In 2021 and 2022, the Chinese Government donated approximately 1.7 million doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine to the Government of Tunisia. On February 25, 2021, the Chinese Government pledged to provide 100,000 vaccine doses to support Tunisia’s anti-epidemic efforts. The Chinese Government delivered 200,000 donated doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine to Tunisia's Government on March 25, 2021. China's Ambassador to Tunisia Zhang Jianguo attended the vaccination ceremony with the Tunisian Minister of Health Faouzi Mehdi. Then, on February 22, 2022, the Chinese Government delivered another 1.5 million donated doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Tunisia.

Staff comments

1. According to the UNICEF COVID-19 Vaccine Market Dashboard, the price of a single Sinovac 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 $3.6 million.