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Chinese Government donates 1 million Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $18 million in December 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$16,598,549
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
Dec 22, 2021
Start (actual)
Dec 22, 2021
End (actual)
Dec 22, 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 Foreign Affairs
  • Myanmar Ministry of Health and Sports

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Myanmar Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Myanmar Ministry of Health and Sports

Loan desecription

Chinese Government donates 1 million Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $18 million in December 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On December 22, 2021, 1 million doses of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine arrived at Yangon International Airport from China. A donation ceremony was held, which was attended by representatives of the Chinese Embassy in Myanmar, officials from Myanmar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, officials from Myanmar's Ministry of Health and Sports, and officials from the Yangon region of Myanmar's Public Health and Treatment department. The Chinese ambassador to Myanmar Chen Hai explained that this donation was the first batch of a two part donation and that a second batch would be arriving in early 2022. In 2021 and 2022, the Chinese Government donated approximately 23.7 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Myanmar.

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 December 2021 donation as $18 million.