Chinese Government donates 150,000 Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $2.7 million in April 2021
Commitment amount
$ 2700000.0
Adjusted commitment amount
$ 2700000.0
Constant 2021 USD
Summary
Funding agency [Type]
Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]
Recipient
El Salvador
Sector
Health (Code: 120)
Flow type
Grant
Infrastructure
No
COVID
Yes
Category
Project lifecycle
Description
In 2021 and 2022, the Chinese Government donated approximately 750,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of El Salvador. The Chinese Government delivered 150,000 donated doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of El Salvador on April 6, 2021. Then, on December 19, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 500,000 donated doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines and 100,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of El Salvador.
Additional details
1. According to the UNICEF COVID-19 Vaccine Market Dashboard, the price of a single Sinovac/Sinopharm 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 April 2021 donation as $2.7 million.
Number of official sources
12
Number of total sources
14
Details
Cofinanced
No
Direct receiving agencies [Type]
Government of El Salvador [Government Agency]
Implementing agencies [Type]
Government of El Salvador [Government Agency]