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Overview

Chinese Government donates 500,000 Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses and 100,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $10.8 million in December 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$9,959,130
Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•El SalvadorDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•El SalvadorSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2021
Start (actual)
Dec 19, 2021
End (actual)
Dec 19, 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 El Salvador

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of El Salvador

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 500,000 Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses and 100,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $10.8 million in December 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

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.

Staff comments

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 December 2021 donation as $10.8 million.