Chinese Government donates 1 million Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $18 million on November 12, 2021

On November 12, 2021, 1 million Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines donated by the Chinese government arrived at Yangon International Airport. The vaccines were to be distributed across Myanmar in order to aid in vaccination efforts against COVID-19. A virtual donation ceremony was held and attended by the Minister of Myanmar's Ministry of Health, the Chinese ambassador to Myanmar, and other officials. This is the first of three batches of donations in November 2021, totaling 3 million vaccines. In 2021 and 2022, the Chinese Government donated approximately 23.7 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Myanmar.

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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 November 12, 2021 donation as $18 million.

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