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Chinese government donates batch of 2 million COVID-19 vaccines to Belarus in November 2022

$36M USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Government of Belarus
Country	Belarus
Start Date	Sep 15, 2022
End Date	Dec 01, 2027
Duration	1,903 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`100573`

Grant Description

On November 14, 2022, the delivery ceremony took place for a donation of two million doses of COVID-19 vaccines and two million disposable syringes by the Chinese government to the Government of Belarus. This adds to an earlier batch of 1.5 million donated vaccines in January 2022.

The agreement to donate 2 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to Belarus was reached during the meeting of Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko with President of China Xi Jinping at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Samarkand on 15 September 2022.

📋 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 November 2022 donation as $36 million.

📚 Sources & References

谢小用大使出席中国政府援助白俄罗斯新一批新冠肺炎疫苗交付仪式
China donates 2m doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Belarus
China donates about 5 mln doses of coronavirus vaccine to Belarus in 2021-2022 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.

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