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Chinese Government donates 600,000 Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $10.8 million in February 2021

$10.8M USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Government of Cambodia
Country	Cambodia
Start Date	Feb 06, 2021
End Date	May 30, 2030
Duration	3,400 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`95070`

Grant Description

On February 6, 2021, 600,000 doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines donated by the Chinese government arrived in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen attended the arrival ceremony of the vaccines at the Phnom Penh International Airport, as did Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia, Wang Wentian. Some of the vaccines were set aside for distribution to the Cambodian military.

In 2021 and 2022, the Chinese Government donated approximately 11.3 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Cambodia.

📋 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 February 2021 donation as $10.8 million.

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