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Chinese Government donates 200,000 Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $3.6 million in March 2021

$3.6M USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Tunisian Ministry of Health
Country	Tunisia
Start Date	Feb 25, 2021
End Date	Apr 21, 2031
Duration	3,707 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`94094`

Grant Description

In 2021 and 2022, the Chinese Government donated approximately 1.7 million doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine to the Government of Tunisia.

On February 25, 2021, the Chinese Government pledged to provide 100,000 vaccine doses to support Tunisia’s anti-epidemic efforts.

The Chinese Government delivered 200,000 donated doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine to Tunisia's Government on March 25, 2021.

China's Ambassador to Tunisia Zhang Jianguo attended the vaccination ceremony with the Tunisian Minister of Health Faouzi Mehdi.

Then, on February 22, 2022, the Chinese Government delivered another 1.5 million donated doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Tunisia.

📋 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 March 2021 donation as $3.6 million.

📚 Sources & References

Ambassador Zhang Jianguo to Tunisia attended the handover ceremony of the emergency vaccine airport
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DAC Working Party on Development Finance Statistics
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China to deliver 500,000 doses of Sinovac coronavirus vaccine to Tunisia
China to donate 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Tunisia: embassy
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