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Overview

Chinese Government donates 2 million Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $36 million in November 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$33,197,099
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
Nov 17, 2021
Start (actual)
Nov 17, 2021
End (actual)
Nov 17, 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 2 million Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $36 million in November 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On November 17, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered an additional 2 million donated doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Cambodia. A donation ceremony was held at Phnom Penh International Airport. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Tea Banh, and Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia, Wang Wentian attended the ceremony. In 2021 and 2022, the Chinese Government donated approximately 11.3 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Cambodia. A month prior, on October 14, another batch of 2 million doses was delivered. Please see Record ID#95888 for more.

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 November 2021 donation as $36 million.