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Overview

Chinese Government donates 200,000 Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $3.6 million in April 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$3,319,710
Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•BotswanaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•BotswanaSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2021
Start (actual)
Apr 25, 2021
End (actual)
Apr 25, 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 Botswana

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Botswana

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 200,000 Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $3.6 million in April 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On April 25, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 200,000 donated doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Botswana. The Chinese Government pledged to donate an additional 2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Government of Botswana in 2022.

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 April 2021 donation as $3.6 million.