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Overview

Chinese Government donates 200,000 Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $3.6 million in May 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$3,319,710
Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•EcuadorDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•EcuadorSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
May 29, 2021
Start (actual)
May 29, 2021
End (actual)
May 29, 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

  • Ecuador Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Migration

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Ecuador

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 200,000 Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $3.6 million in May 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In 2021 and 2022, the Chinese Government donated approximately 3.2 million doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Ecuador. The Chinese Government delivered 200,000 donated doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines to the Ecuador Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility on May 29, 2021. This donation came alongside 500,000 other vaccines purchased by the government of Ecuador, for a total of 700,00 vaccines delivered. Then, on October 30, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 500,000 donated doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Ecuador. The Chinese Government delivered an additional 2.5 million donated Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Government of Ecuador on May 17, 2022.

Staff comments

1. According to the UNICEF COVID-19 Vaccine Market Dashboard, the price of a single 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 May 2021 donation as $3.6 million.