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

Between July 22 and July 24, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 2 million donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Myanmar. On July 22, the first batch of 736,000 doses 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 and Sports Thei Khai Win. 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 July 2021 donation as $36 million.

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