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Overview

Chinese Government donates 500,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $9 million in May 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$8,299,275
Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•BangladeshDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•BangladeshSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2021
Start (actual)
May 12, 2021
End (actual)
May 12, 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 Bangladesh

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Bangladesh

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 500,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $9 million in May 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In 2021, the Chinese Government donated approximately 3.1 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Bangladesh. The Chinese Government delivered 500,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Bangladesh on May 12, 2021. Then, on June 13, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered another 600,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Bangladesh. Two months later, on August 13, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered another 1 million donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Bangladesh. Then, on October 20, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered another 1 million donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Bangladesh.

Staff comments

1. According to the UNICEF COVID-19 Vaccine Market Dashboard, the price of a single Sinopharm 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 May 2021 donation as $9 million.