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Chinese Government donates 700,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $12.6 million in June 2021 (Linked to Record ID#94565 and 94619)

$12.6M USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Government of Afghanistan
Country	Afghanistan
Start Date	Jan 01, 2021
End Date	Feb 06, 2027
Duration	2,227 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`94564`

Grant Description

In 2021, the Chinese Government donated approximately 1,700,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Afghanistan.

The Chinese Government delivered 700,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Afghanistan on June 10, 2021 (as captured via Record ID#94564).

Then, on December 8, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 800,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Afghanistan (as captured via Record ID#94565).

One day later, on December 9, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered another 200,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Afghanistan (as captured via Record ID#94619).

📋 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 June 2021 donation as $12.6 million.

📚 Sources & References

Afghanistan receives new batch of China-donated COVID-19 vaccines
Afghanistan gets 700,000 doses of a Chinese vaccine amid a Covid surge overwhelming Kabul.
Afghanistan receives batch of China-donated Sinopharm vaccines
Afghanistan receives second shipment of COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX Facility
GLOBALink Afghanistan receives new batch of China-donated Sinopharm vaccines
Taliban gets 800,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses as part of China’s aid to Afghanistan
China pledges to send 3 million Sinopharm doses to Afghanistan
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