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Overview

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

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$8,299,275
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
Oct 30, 2021
Start (actual)
Oct 30, 2021
End (actual)
Oct 30, 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 Ecuador

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Ecuador

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 500,000 Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $9 million in October 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 Government of Ecuador on May 29, 2021 (see Record ID#96260). Then, on October 30, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 500,000 donated doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Ecuador. The batch will go to the National Vaccine Bank, to be later distributed to the nine areas of the country and, from there, to the MSP health establishments and educational centers. The Chinese Government delivered an additional 2.5 million donated Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Government of Ecuador on May 17, 2022 (see Record ID#96266).

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 October 2021 donation as $9 million.