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Overview

Chinese Government donates 100,000 Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $1.8 million in May 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$1,659,855
Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•OmanDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•OmanSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Mar 1, 2021
Start (actual)
May 17, 2021
End (actual)
May 17, 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 Oman

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Oman

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 100,000 Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $1.8 million in May 2021

Narrative

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Project narrative

On May 17, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 100,000 donated doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Oman’s Ministry of Health (MOH). The shipment arrived at Muscat International Airport. At the time, a statement issued online by MOH said ‘[a]s part of bilateral relations and cooperation between the Sultanate and the People's Republic of China, Oman received today a batch of Covid-19 vaccine (Sinovac), provided by China. The Chinese community living in the Sultanate has the priority to take the vaccine.’ Li Lingbing, the Chinese Ambassador to Oman, Nusseibeh, Director of the Medical Supplies Department of the Omani Ministry of Health, officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Commercial Counselor Xie Zhongmei from the Embassy attended the vaccine handover ceremony held at Muscat International Airport, and the two sides signed the handover certificate. According to the Chinese Embassy, the vaccine donation was initially pledged by Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, during his March 2021 visit to Oman.

Staff comments

1. According to the UNICEF COVID-19 Vaccine Market Dashboard, the price of a single Sinovac 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 $1.8 million.