Overview

Chinese Government donates 600,000 Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $10.8 million in February 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$9,959,130

Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•CambodiaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•CambodiaSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Feb 6, 2021

Start (actual): Feb 6, 2021

End (actual): Feb 6, 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 Cambodia

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Cambodia Ministry of Defense

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 600,000 Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $10.8 million in February 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On February 6, 2021, 600,000 doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines donated by the Chinese government arrived in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen attended the arrival ceremony of the vaccines at the Phnom Penh International Airport, as did Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia, Wang Wentian. Some of the vaccines were set aside for distribution to the Cambodian military. In 2021 and 2022, the Chinese Government donated approximately 11.3 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Cambodia.

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 February 2021 donation as $10.8 million.