Chinese Government donates 400,000 Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $7.2 million in April 2021
Commitment amount
$ 7200000.0
Adjusted commitment amount
$ 7200000.0
Constant 2021 USD
Summary
Funding agency [Type]
Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]
Recipient
Cambodia
Sector
Health (Code: 120)
Flow type
Grant
Infrastructure
No
COVID
Yes
Category
Project lifecycle
Description
On April 27, 2021, the Secretary of State at the Ministry of Health, Yuok Sambath, received 400,000 Sinopharm COVID-19 doses from the Chinese government at Phnom Penh International Airport. The vaccines were produced by China National Biotec Group Company Limited. In 2021 and 2022, the Chinese Government donated approximately 11.3 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Cambodia.
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 Apri 2021 donation as $7.2 million.
Number of official sources
9
Number of total sources
33
Details
Cofinanced
No
Direct receiving agencies [Type]
Government of Cambodia [Government Agency]
Implementing agencies [Type]
Government of Cambodia [Government Agency]