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Chinese Government donates 300,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $5.4 million to the Government of Egypt in February 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$4,979,565
Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•EgyptDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•EgyptSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Feb 1, 2021
Start (actual)
Feb 1, 2021
End (actual)
Feb 1, 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 Egypt

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Egypt

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 300,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $5.4 million to the Government of Egypt in February 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In 2021 and 2022, the Chinese Government donated approximately 12.6 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Egypt. The Chinese Government delivered 300,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Egypt on February 23, 2021. Then, in March 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 300,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Egypt. The Chinese Government delivered an additional 2 million donated Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Government of Egypt on November 1, 2021. Then, on September 24, 2022, the Chinese Government delivered 10 million donated doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Egypt.

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 February 2021 donation as $5.4 million.