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Chinese Government donates 600,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses worth USD 10.8 million to El Salvador in December 2022

$10.8M USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Government of El Salvador
Country	El Salvador
Start Date	Jan 01, 2021
End Date	Jul 08, 2027
Duration	2,379 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`101967`

Grant Description

On December 19, 2022, the Chinese Government delivered a donation of 600,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Government of El Salvador.

The donation included 500,000 doses of Sinovac and 100,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccines, which arrived at San Óscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport.

The vaccines were received by Francisco Alabí, the Minister of Health, who expressed gratitude to the Chinese ambassador, Ou Jianhong, for the support.

📋 Staff Comments

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 December 2021 donation of 500,000 vaccines as USD 9 million.
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 December 2021 donation of 100,000 vaccines as USD 1.8 million.
AidData has estimated the total monetary value of the December 2021 donation of 600,000 vaccines as USD 10.8 million.

📚 Sources & References

MINSAL Memoria de Labores 2021 2022
China dona a El Salvador 600.000 vacunas contra la covid-19 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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