Chinese Government donates 100,000 Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $1.8 million in June 2021
Commitment amount
$ 1800000.0
Adjusted commitment amount
$ 1800000.0
Constant 2021 USD
Summary
Funding agency [Type]
Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]
Recipient
Timor-Leste
Sector
Health (Code: 120)
Flow type
Grant
Infrastructure
No
COVID
Yes
Category
Project lifecycle
Description
On June 5, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 100,000 donated doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines and syringes to the Government of Timor-Leste. Timor-Leste's Vice Prime Minister Armanda Berta dos Santos, Chinese Ambassador to Timor-Leste Xiao Jianguo, Representatives of the World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) to Timor-Leste, and other officials from the Timor-Leste Government attended the vaccine handover ceremony at Dili International airport. The WFP helped transport the vaccines donated throughout Timor-Leste.
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 $1.8 million.
Number of official sources
4
Number of total sources
6
Details
Cofinanced
No
Direct receiving agencies [Type]
Government of Timor-Leste [Government Agency]
Implementing agencies [Type]
Government of Timor-Leste [Government Agency]
United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) [Intergovernmental Organization]