Overview

Chinese Government donates 400,000 Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $7.2 million in April 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$6,639,420

Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•CambodiaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•CambodiaSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Apr 27, 2021

Start (actual): Apr 27, 2021

End (actual): Apr 27, 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 Cambodia

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Cambodia

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 400,000 Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $7.2 million in April 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

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.

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 Apri 2021 donation as $7.2 million.