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Overview

Chinese government donates 2,500 COVID-19 test kits to Costa Rica in March 2020

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$25,097
Commitment Year•2020Country of Activity•Costa RicaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Costa RicaSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Mar 23, 2020
Start (actual)
Mar 30, 2020
End (actual)
Mar 30, 2020

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

  • Costa Rican Social Security Fund (Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social) (CCSS)

Implementing agencies

Private Sector

  • BGI Group

Loan description

Chinese government donates 2,500 COVID-19 test kits to Costa Rica in March 2020

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On March 23, 2020, the Costa Rican Foreign Ministry announced that the Chinese government would donate COVID-19 testing kits to Costa Rica, which were expected would arrive within the next few days. Then, on March 30, 2020, the Chinese Embassy in San José handed over the donation to the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social, CCSS). More specifically, 2,500 PCR testing kits manufactured by the BGI Group were donated. The donation was to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic in Costa Rica. A donation from the Jack Ma and Alibaba foundations - which included medical supplies such as surgical masks, additional test kits, and five continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines - was announced along with this donation on March 23rd. It arrived on April 3, 2020.

Staff comments

1. No project has been created for the Jack Ma Foundation / Alibaba Foundation donation, insofar as these are not official donors. 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.