Overview

Chinese Government donates 2 million Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $36 million in October 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$33,197,099

Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•MyanmarDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•MyanmarSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Oct 1, 2021

Start (actual): Oct 13, 2021

End (actual): Oct 14, 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

Myanmar Ministry of Health and Sports

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Myanmar Ministry of Health and Sports

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 2 million Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $36 million in October 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On October 13, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 1 million donated Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Government of Myanmar. The donation arrived at Yangon International Airport. Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar Chen Hai held a video handover ceremony and signed a handover certificate with Myanmar Minister of Health Thei Khai Win. An additional 1 million vaccines arrived October 14.

Staff comments

1. According to the UNICEF COVID-19 Vaccine Market Dashboard, the price of a single Sinopharm/Sinovac 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 October 2021 donation as $36 million.