Overview

Chinese Government donates 2 million Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $36 million in October 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: Sep 12, 2021

Start (actual): Oct 14, 2021

End (actual): Oct 14, 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 October 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On October 14, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 2 million donated doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Cambodia. The vaccines arrived at Phnom Penh International Airport. The donation had been announced during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to Cambodia on September 12th. 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 October 2021 donation as $36 million.