Overview

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

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$1,659,855

Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•JamaicaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•JamaicaSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Nov 24, 2021

Start (actual): Nov 24, 2021

End (actual): Nov 24, 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 Jamaica

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Jamaica

Loan description

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

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

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.

Staff comments

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.