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Chinese government provides 150,000 COVID-19 vaccines to Syria in April 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$2,489,782
Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•Syrian Arab RepublicDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Syrian Arab RepublicSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Apr 24, 2021
Start (actual)
Apr 24, 2021
End (actual)
Apr 24, 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 Syria

Loan description

Chinese government provides 150,000 COVID-19 vaccines to Syria in April 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On April 24, 2021, the Chinese government provided 150,000 Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine doses to Syria. The shipment of vaccines arrived in Damascus, the capital of Syria, and will be used to improve COVID-19 response efforts in Syria. The shots were to go first to healthcare workers, and then to the elderly and chronically ill. A handover ceremony was held for this donation at the airport in Damascus where the shipment arrived. China’s Ambassador to Syria, Feng Ziao, the Syrian Minister of Health, Hassan al-Ghabash, and the Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister, Bashar al-Jaafari, attended the ceremony. The Chinese government has stated that a second vaccine donation will be delivered to Syria. The details of this donation have yet to be confirmed.

Staff comments

AidData has estimated the transaction amount for this donation based on price catalogues from the World Health Organization (WHO). Please see the TUFF Methodology for additional details.