Project ID: 97155

Chinese government donates 500,000 Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines worth $9 million to Chile in April 2021

Commitment amount

$ 9000000.0

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 9000000.0

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

2021-04-18

Actual start

2021-04-18

Actual complete

2021-04-18

Description

On April 18, 2021, the Chinese government provided 500,000 Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines worth $9 million to Chile. The purpose of this donation was to support Chile’s COVID-19 response efforts. A handover ceremony was held for this donation. Chilean Minister of Science, Andrés Couve, Undersecretary of International Economic Relations, Rodrigo Yáñez, and the Seremi de Salud de la Región Metropolitana, Paula Labra, attended the ceremony.

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 April 2021 donation as $9 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]