Chinese Government donates 1 million Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $18 million in June 2021
Commitment amount
$ 18000000.0
Adjusted commitment amount
$ 18000000.0
Constant 2021 USD
Summary
Funding agency [Type]
Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]
Recipient
Dominican Republic
Sector
Health (Code: 120)
Flow type
Grant
Infrastructure
No
COVID
Yes
Category
Project lifecycle
Description
On March 17, 2021 Chinese Government delivered 1.05 donated doses of Covid-19 vaccines — including 1 million Sinovac doses and 50,000 Sinopharm doses — and 51,200 syringes to the Government of Dominican Republic. Then, on June 3, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered another 1 million donated doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines — as well as 2.7 million syringes and 178,000 masks — to the Government of Dominican Republic.
Additional details
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 June 2021 donation as $18 million.
Number of official sources
8
Number of total sources
12
Details
Cofinanced
No
Direct receiving agencies [Type]
Government of the Dominican Republic [Government Agency]
Implementing agencies [Type]
Government of the Dominican Republic [Government Agency]