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Overview

Chinese Government donates 2 million Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses — via ASEAN — worth $36 million in June 2022

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$34,017,089
Commitment Year•2022Country of Activity•MyanmarDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•MyanmarSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jun 30, 2022
Start (actual)
Jun 30, 2022
End (actual)
Jun 30, 2022

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)

Intergovernmental Organizations

  • Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 2 million Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses — via ASEAN — worth $36 million in June 2022

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On June 30, 2022, the Chinese Government donated an additional 2 million Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Government of Myanmar via Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). At the Chinese ambassador's residence in Yangon, Ambassador Chen Hai handed over the donation to Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn, ASEAN chair's special envoy on Myanmar, and ASEAN's deputy secretary-general Ekkaphab Phanthavong. 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 June 2022 donation as $36 million.