Overview

Chinese Government donates 2 million Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $36 million in July 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: Jul 22, 2021

Start (actual): Jul 22, 2021

End (actual): Jul 24, 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

Government of Myanmar (Burma)

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Myanmar (Burma)

Loan description

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

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

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.

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 July 2021 donation as $36 million.