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Chinese Government donates 40,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses to Lebanese Army worth $720,000 in April 2021

$720K USD

Funder	Chinese Embassy
Recipient Organization	Lebanese Army
Country	Lebanon
Start Date	Apr 06, 2021
End Date	Jan 07, 2026
Duration	1,737 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`94247`

Grant Description

On April 6, 2021, the Chinese Embassy in Lebanon delivered 50,000 donated doses Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Lebanon’s Ministry of Health (captured via Record ID#94246) and 40,000 donated doses Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Lebanese Army (captured via Record ID#94247). The vaccine delivery ceremony was attended by Chinese Ambassador Wang Keijian, Minister of Public Health Dr.

Hamad Hassan, Major General Elias Shamia, General Joseph Aoun, and Director of Protocol at the Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Ambassador Abeer Ali.

Then, on November 29, 2021, the Chinese Embassy in Lebanon donated a second batch of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines, consisting of 300,000 doses, to the Government of Lebanon (captured via Record ID#94244). The vaccine handover ceremony was attended by Chinese Ambassador Qian Minion and Lebanese Minister of Public Health Dr.

Firas Al-Abyad.

📋 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 April 2021 donation as $720,000.

📚 Sources & References

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