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Overview

Chinese Government donates 1 million Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine doses worth $18 million in November 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$17,008,544
Commitment Year•2022Country of Activity•Syrian Arab RepublicDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Syrian Arab RepublicSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 3, 2022
Start (actual)
Jan 3, 2022
End (actual)
Jan 3, 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 Syria

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Syria

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 1 million Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine doses worth $18 million in November 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In 2021 and 2022, the Chinese Government donated approximately 1.8 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the Government of Syria. The Chinese Government delivered 150,000 donated doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines to the Government of Syria in April 2021. Then, on July 29, 2021, the Chinese Red Cross Society delivered 150,000 donated doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines to the Government of Syria. The Chinese Government delivered an additional 500,000 donated Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Government of Syria in November 2021. Then, on January 3, 2022, the Chinese Government delivered 1 million donated Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines to the Government of Syria.

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 January 2022 donation as $18 million.