Chinese Government donates 800,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $14.4 million in December 2021 (Linked to Project ID#94564 and 94619)

In 2021, the Chinese Government donated approximately 1,700,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Afghanistan. The Chinese Government delivered 700,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Afghanistan on June 10, 2021 (as captured via Project ID#94564). Then, on December 8, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 800,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Afghanistan (as captured via Project ID#94565). One day later, on December 9, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered another 200,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Afghanistan (as captured via Project ID#94619).

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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 December 8, 2021 donation as $14.4 million.

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