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PLA donates 100,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $1.8 million in May 2021

$1.8M USD

Funder	China Ministry of National Defense
Recipient Organization	Ministry of Defense of North Macedonia
Country	North Macedonia
Start Date	May 15, 2021
End Date	Sep 15, 2031
Duration	3,775 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`93674`

Grant Description

On April 30, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 200,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of North Macedonia.

Then, on May 15, 2021, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China delivered another 100,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to North Macedonia's Ministry of Defense. A handover ceremony took place for this donation in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia.

Zhang Zuo, the Chinese Ambassador to North Macedonia, the North Macedonian Minister of Defense, the Minister of Health, the North Macedonian Army Chief of Staff, and the Defense Attaché of the Embassy in North Macedonia jointly attended the ceremony. These officials also inspected the vaccines and supporting syringes, and signed the handover certificate.

The April 2021 donation is captured via Record ID#93675 and the May 2021 donation is captured via Record ID#93674.

📋 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 May 2021 donation as $1.8 million.

📚 Sources & References

Remarks by Ambassador Zhang Zuo at the Handover Ceremony of Chinese Military Donation of Sinopharm Vaccines to North Macedonia
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