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Chinese Government donates 226,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $4.06 million in June 2021

$4.07M USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Country	Papua New Guinea
Start Date	Feb 04, 2021
End Date	Dec 12, 2029
Duration	3,233 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`89178`

Grant Description

On February 5, 2021, the Chinese Government agrees to donate Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines to the Independent State of Papua New Guinea in its campaign to get people vaccinated against Covid-19.

Then, on June 21, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 226,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Independent State of Papua New Guinea. The vaccines arrived in the capital, Port Moresby. Chinese Ambassador H.E. Zeng Fanhua, National Planning Minister Hon.

Rainbo Paita and Deputy National Pandemic Response Controller Dr Daoni Esorom were present at the airport to greet the vaccines and attend the handover ceremony. On July 13, 2021, the government began a nationwide rollout of the vaccines.

📋 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 June 2021 donation as $4,068,000.

📚 Sources & References

China-donated COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Papua New Guinea
PNG starts rollout of Chinese-made vaccine
中国援助疫苗抵达巴布亚新几内亚
China to assist Papua New Guinea with vaccines: FM 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.