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Overview

Chinese Government donates 2.5 million Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $45 million in May 2022

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$42,521,361
Commitment Year•2022Country of Activity•EcuadorDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•EcuadorSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Feb 6, 2022
Start (actual)
May 17, 2022
End (actual)
May 17, 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 Ecuador

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Ecuador

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 2.5 million Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $45 million in May 2022

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. 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 pledged a donation of an additional 2.5 million Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Government of Ecuador during Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso's visit to Beijing from February 3 to 6, 2022. On May 17, 2022, these 2.5 million vaccine doses were delivered to Ecuador. The vaccines were expected to be used to vaccinate the population of children ages 3 to 5.

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 2022 donation as $45 million.