Project ID: 94330

Wuhan Easy Diagnosis Biomedicine Co., Ltd donates 100,000 COVID-19 testing kits to Pakistan in November 2021

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Wuhan Easy Diagnosis Biomedicine Co., Ltd [State-owned Company]

Recipient

Pakistan

Sector

Health (Code: 120)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

COVID

Yes

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2021-11-12

Actual start

2021-11-12

Actual complete

2021-11-12

Description

On November 12, 2021, Wuhan Easy Diagnosis Biomedicine Co., Ltd, a Chinese national high-tech enterprise, provided 100,000 COVID-19 nucleic acid test kits and sample releaser buffers to Pakistan. In addition to the testing kits, Wuhan Easy Diagnosis offered free technical guidance in using the donated tests. This donation will be used to improve Pakistan’s COVID-19 detection efforts. The monetary value of this donation is an estimated 12.9 million yuan (USD $2 million). A handover ceremony was held for this donation and was specifically organized to mark the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Pakistan. Moin ul Hauqe, Pakistan’s Ambassador to China, Li Xikui, the Vice-Chairman of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, and Sha Zukang, the Chairman of the China-Pakistan Friendship Association attended the ceremony.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

8

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Pakistan [Government Agency]