Overview

Chinese Government donates 100,000 Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $1.8 million in June 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$1,659,855

Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•Timor-LesteDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Timor-LesteSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2021

Start (actual): Jun 5, 2021

End (actual): Jun 5, 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 Timor-Leste

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Timor-Leste

Intergovernmental Organizations

United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 100,000 Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $1.8 million in June 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

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.

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 June 2021 donation as $1.8 million.