China donates 500,000 rapid tests to Peru

$4.87M USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Peru Ministry of Health (Ministerio de Salud) (MINSA)
Country	Peru
Start Date	Apr 01, 2020
End Date	May 08, 2028
Duration	2,959 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`90746`

Grant Description

On April 15, 2020, 500,000 rapid tests donated from China arrived in Peru. These tests will be distributed nationwide. The Minister of Health, Víctor Zamora, reported the arrival of the tests on April 18, 2020. This is to be distributed along with 20,000 molecular tests that arrived on the same day from Brazil.

📋 Staff Comments

1. This seems like a similar donation that arrived in Peru on April 15 from China Three Gorges Corporation, but no sources can currently confirm this (Project ID# 90745)AidData has estimated the transaction amount for this donation based on price catalogues from the World Health Organization (WHO). Please see the TUFF Methodology for additional details.

📚 Sources & References

Llegan pruebas rápidas al Perú procedentes de China
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