Completed Development AidData Chinese Aid

Chinese government donates 2,500 COVID-19 test kits to Costa Rica in March 2020

$24.3K USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Costa Rican Social Security Fund (Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social) (CCSS)
Country	Costa Rica
Start Date	Mar 23, 2020
End Date	Sep 23, 2031
Duration	4,201 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`95030`

Grant Description

On March 23, 2020, the Costa Rican Foreign Ministry announced that the Chinese government would donate COVID-19 testing kits to Costa Rica, which were expected would arrive within the next few days.

Then, on March 30, 2020, the Chinese Embassy in San José handed over the donation to the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social, CCSS). More specifically, 2,500 PCR testing kits manufactured by the BGI Group were donated. The donation was to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic in Costa Rica.

A donation from the Jack Ma and Alibaba foundations - which included medical supplies such as surgical masks, additional test kits, and five continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines - was announced along with this donation on March 23rd. It arrived on April 3, 2020.

📋 Staff Comments

1. No project has been created for the Jack Ma Foundation / Alibaba Foundation donation, insofar as these are not official donors.AidData has estimated the transaction amount for this donation based on price catalogues from the World Health Organization (WHO). Please see the TUFF Methodology for additional details.

📚 Sources & References

News briefs: China donates medical supplies to help Costa Rica fight COVID-19
China donates covid-19 tests to detect cases in Costa Rica
China donates evidence for covid-19 cases in Costa Rica
La República Popular China brinda amplio apoyo a Costa Rica para enfrentar emergencia por el COVID-19., [Facebook post from Embajada China en CR posted March 31, 2020, beginning '¡Llegaron los primeros insumos médicos donados por China! Ayer nuestra Embajada entregó a Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social 2500 kits...']
Replication Data for: China’s Foreign Aid Political Drivers: Lessons from a Novel Dataset of Mask Diplomacy in Latin America During the COVID-19 Pandemic
China & U.S Aid Figures
Ya llegaron al país las primeras 2.500 pruebas de Covid-19 donadas por China
LA REPÚBLICA POPULAR CHINA BRINDA AMPLIO APOYO A COSTA RICA PARA ENFRENTAR EMERGENCIA POR EL COVID-19
驻哥斯达黎加大使汤恒参加中国民间向哥援助医疗物资交接仪式, [Facebook post from Embajada China en CR posted April 4, 2020, reading 'Gracias a las Fundaciones Jack Ma y Alibaba, ayer el embajador Tang Heng entregó a la Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social 100 mil mascarillas, 10,080 pruebas de PCR para COVID-19, y 5 máquinas CPAP.'] Loan applications and disbursements are still being received and processed as the projects continue to evolve. Ongoing monitoring and evaluation are in place to ensure project continuity.