China donates 1 million COVID vaccines to Myanmar

$18M USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Government of Myanmar (Burma)
Country	Myanmar
Start Date	Jan 11, 2022
End Date	Feb 09, 2031
Duration	3,316 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`100468`

Grant Description

On January 11, 2022, the first batch of a 1 million COVID-19 vaccine donation from China to Myanmar left Kunming, China.

The second batch of this 1 million vaccine donation left Beijing, China on February 9, 2022, with a delivery date in Myanmar of March 10, 2022. The first batch contained 740,000 doses and the second batch contained 253,200 doses.

📋 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.

📚 Sources & References

China to provide one million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Myanmar
新一批74.68万剂SINOVAC科兴疫苗运往缅北 Loan applications and disbursements are still being received and processed as the projects continue to evolve. Ongoing monitoring and evaluation are in place to ensure project continuity.