Overview

Chinese Government donates 50,000 medical masks and 1,008 diagnostic kits to Sri Lanka's Ministry of Health (Linked to Record ID#95173 and #95526)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$46,230

Commitment Year•2020Country of Activity•Sri LankaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Sri LankaSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Mar 12, 2020

Start (actual): Apr 1, 2020

End (actual): Apr 1, 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

Sri Lanka Ministry of Health Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 50,000 medical masks and 1,008 diagnostic kits to Sri Lanka's Ministry of Health (Linked to Record ID#95173 and #95526)

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On March 12, 2020, the Chinese Government announced that it would donate 50,000 medical face masks and 1,000 COVID-19 test kits to Sri Lanka. Then, on April 1, 2020, the donation of 50,000 medical masks and 1,008 nucleic acid diagnostic kits was handed over to Sri Lanka's Ministry of Health. This was the first batch of the Chinese Government's COVID-19 aid to Sri Lanka; the second batch is captured by linked Record ID#95173 and the third batch is captured by linked Record ID#95526.

Staff comments

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