Project ID: 97148

Chinese government provides 2.2 million Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines worth $39.6 million to Chile in May 2021

Commitment amount

$ 39600000.0

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 39600000.0

Constant 2021 USD

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

2021-05-24

Actual start

2021-05-24

Actual complete

2021-05-24

Description

On May 24, 2021, the Chinese government provided 2.2 million Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines to Chile. The vaccines arrived in a shipment to the international airport in Santiago, Chile. The purpose of this donation is to support Chile’s COVID-19 response efforts. The Chilean President, Sebastian Pinera, attended a welcome ceremony at the airport upon the arrival of the vaccine shipment.

Additional details

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 $27 million.

Number of official sources

0

Number of total sources

1

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Chile Ministry of Health [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Chinese Embassy [Government Agency]