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Chinese Government pledges to donate 400,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $7.2 million in July 2021

$7.2M USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Government of the Maldives
Country	Maldives
Start Date	Jan 01, 2021
End Date	Sep 13, 2030
Duration	3,542 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`95428`

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 July 2021 pledge donation as $7.2 million.

📚 Sources & References

Remarks by H.E Abdulla Shahid
Minister of Foreign Affairs at the China Vaccine Handover Ceremony 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.