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Project narrative
On February 3, 2022, the Chinese Government provided 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Princess Sirindhorn of Thailand. The purpose of this donation is to assist Thailand in COVID-19 response and treatment efforts. The monetary value of this donation is unknown. A handover ceremony was held for this donation. China’s Ambassador to Thailand, Han Zhiqiang, and Princess Sirindhorn attended the ceremony. This is the sixth batch of vaccine aid provided by China to Thailand. As of February 2022, China has provided 50.85 million doses of vaccine to Thailand, including 3.35 million doses of assistance.
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 August 2021 donation as $7.2 million.