Project ID: 95961

Chinese Government donates 100,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $1.8 million in November 2021

Commitment amount

$ 1800000.0

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 1800000.0

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Jamaica

Sector

Health (Code: 120)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

COVID

Yes

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2021-11-24

Actual start

2021-11-24

Actual complete

2021-11-24

Description

On November 24, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 100,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Jamaica. The donated doses were delivered along with another 100,000 doses that had been purchased by the Government of Jamaica. A handover ceremony was held in Kingston. In attendance was Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness, as well as Chinese Ambassador to Jamaica, Tian Qi.

Additional details

1. According to the UNICEF COVID-19 Vaccine Market Dashboard, the price of a single Sinopharm 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 $1.8 million.

Number of official sources

8

Number of total sources

12

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Jamaica [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Government of Jamaica [Government Agency]