Completed Development AidData Chinese Aid

Chinese Government donates second batch of 100,000 Sinopharm vaccine doses and supplies worth $1.8 million on March 30, 2021 (Linked to Record ID#94774)

$1.8M USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Government of the Maldives
Country	Maldives
Start Date	Mar 04, 2021
End Date	Jan 27, 2028
Duration	2,520 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`95395`

Grant Description

The Chinese Government delivered 100,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of the Maldives on March 24, 2021 (as captured via Record ID#94774). The shipment arrived at Velana International Airport and was handed over on the next day (March 25, 2021).

Chinese Ambassador to the Maldives Zhang Lizhong, Maldivian Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid and Maldivian Minister of Health Ahmed Naseem participated in the handover ceremony.

An additional batch of donated medical supplies for fighting COVID-19 was included in the handover ceremony (as captured via Record ID#95584).

Then, on March 30, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered another 100,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of the Maldives (as captured via Record ID#95395).

In July 2021, the Chinese Government pledge to donate another 400,000 doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of the Maldives (as captured via Record ID#95428). However, it is unclear if this pledge was ever fulfilled.

📋 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 March 30, 2021 donation as $1.8 million.

📚 Sources & References

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