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Overview

PLA donates 200,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $3.6 million in May 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$3,319,710
Commitment Year2021Country of ActivitySerbiaDirect Recipient Country of IncorporationSerbiaSectorHealthFlow TypeGrant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
May 1, 2021
Start (actual)
May 19, 2021
End (actual)
May 19, 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

  • People's Liberation Army of China (PLA)

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Serbia Ministry of Defence

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Serbia Ministry of Defence

Loan desecription

PLA donates 200,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $3.6 million in May 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On May 19, 2021, the People's Liberation Army of China delivered 200,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Ministry of Defense of Serbia. Then, on May 27, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered another 500,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Serbia.

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 19, 2021 donation as $3.6 million.