Project ID: 95969

Chinese Government donates 500,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $9 million in March 2021

Commitment amount

$ 9000000.0

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 9000000.0

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Venezuela

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

2021-01-01

Actual start

2021-03-21

Actual complete

2021-03-21

Description

On March 3, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 500,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Venezuela. The shipment arrived from China to the Maiquetía International Airport on a Conviasa aircraft.

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 March 2021 donation as $9 million.

Number of official sources

2

Number of total sources

10

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Venezuela [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Government of Venezuela [Government Agency]