Project ID: 97143

Chinese government provides sixth batch of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines to Chile in March 2021

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Chile

Sector

Health (Code: 120)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

COVID

Yes

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

OOF-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2021-03-21

Actual start

2021-03-21

Actual complete

2021-03-21

Description

On March 21, 2021, the Chinese government provided the sixth batch of COVID-19 vaccines to Chile. The vaccines were developed by China Kexing Company and the shipment arrived in Santiago, the capital of Chile. The purpose of these vaccines is to support Chile’s COVID-19 response and prevention efforts. The monetary value of this donation is unknown. A reception ceremony was held for this donation at the airport in Santiago. Chilean Minister of Health Paris, Deputy Minister of Public Health Daza, and Deputy Minister of International Economic Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Yanez attended the ceremony. China’s Ambassador to Chile, Niu Qingbao, was also invited to attend the ceremony.

Number of official sources

3

Number of total sources

7

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Chile [Government Agency]