Overview

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

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$8,299,275

Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•VenezuelaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•VenezuelaSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2021

Start (actual): Mar 21, 2021

End (actual): Mar 21, 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 Venezuela

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Venezuela

Loan description

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

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

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.

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 March 2021 donation as $9 million.