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Chinese government provides third round of COVID-19 vaccines to Belarus in September 2021 (Linked to Record ID# 93964)

$9M USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Government of Belarus
Country	Belarus
Start Date	Sep 01, 2021
End Date	Sep 18, 2026
Duration	1,843 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`93962`

Grant Description

On September 6, 2021, the Chinese government provided a third round of COVID-19 vaccines to the Government of Belarus. This donation consisted of 500,000 vaccines. These vaccines will be distributed across the country to improve COVID-19 prevention efforts. A handover ceremony was held for this donation at the Belarusian Ministry of Health.

China’s Ambassador to Belarus, Xie Xiaoyong, and the Belarusian Minister of Health attended the ceremony and jointly signed the handover certificate. This is the third round of vaccines to be provided by the Chinese government to Belarus. Details on the first round of vaccines are captured in Record ID#93964.

Details on the second round of vaccines are captured in Record ID#93963.

📋 Staff Comments

1. According to the UNICEF COVID-19 Vaccine Market Dashboard, the price of a single Sinopharm/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 September 2021 donation from the Chinese Government as $9,000,000.

📚 Sources & References

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