Project ID: 96093

People's Liberation Army of China donates 500,000 COVID-19 vaccines to Myanmar

Commitment amount

$ 9000000.0

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 9000000.0

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Chinese People's Liberation Army [Government Agency]

Recipient

Myanmar

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

2021-05-02

Actual complete

2021-05-02

Description

On May 2, 2021, 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine from the People's Liberation Army of China arrived in Yangon, Myanmar. The donation will be distributed to hospitals throughout Myanmar. Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi had previously promised 300,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the government of Myanmar in January 2021.

Additional details

1. The commitment was estimated to be sometime in January 2021 based on a meeting between Chinese and Burmese government officials listed in source 176605. AidData has estimated the transaction amount for this donation based on price catalogues from the World Health Organization (WHO). Please see the TUFF Methodology for additional details.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

3

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Myanmar (Burma) [Government Agency]