Chinese Government donates 300,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses and syringes worth USD 5.4 million in May 2021
Commitment amount
$ 5400000.0
Adjusted commitment amount
$ 5400000.0
Constant 2021 USD
Summary
Funding agency [Type]
Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]
Recipient
Senegal
Sector
Health (Code: 120)
Flow type
Grant
Infrastructure
No
COVID
Yes
Category
Project lifecycle
Description
On May 14 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 300,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines and 308,000 syringes to the Government of Senegal. The vaccine doses and syringes are worth $5.4 million. The donation was transported from Beijing to Darkar on an Air Senegal flight.
Additional details
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 $5.4 million.
Number of official sources
1
Number of total sources
3
Details
Cofinanced
No
Direct receiving agencies [Type]
Government of Senegal [Government Agency]
Implementing agencies [Type]
Government of Senegal [Government Agency]