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Chinese Government donates 50,000 Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $900,000 in June 2021

$900K USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Government of Cabo Verde
Country	Cabo Verde
Start Date	Jan 01, 2021
End Date	Sep 17, 2032
Duration	4,277 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`93634`

Grant Description

On June 12, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 50,000 donated doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines and over 50,000 syringes to the Government of Cape Verde.

During the handover ceremony for the vaccines at Nelson Mandela International Airport in the capital city of Praia, Cape Verdean Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva expressed gratitude for China's support, saying his country would fulfill its vaccination plan to vaccinate 70 percent of the population by the end of this year.

📋 Staff Comments

1. 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 June 2021 donation as $900,000.

📚 Sources & References

驻佛得角大使杜小丛出席援佛疫苗交接仪式
Cape Verde receives COVID-19 vaccines from China
Valuation of donations of excess COVID-19 vaccine doses to developing countries in ODA – update for 2022 donations
Cape Verde receives COVID-19 vaccines from China
Cabo Verde Wants 250K doses of Covid-19 Vaccine from China 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.