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Chinese Government donates 150,000 Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $2.7 million in April 2021

$2.7M USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Government of El Salvador
Country	El Salvador
Start Date	Jan 01, 2021
End Date	Oct 05, 2027
Duration	2,468 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`95522`

Grant Description

In 2021 and 2022, the Chinese Government donated approximately 750,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of El Salvador.

The Chinese Government delivered 150,000 donated doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of El Salvador on April 6, 2021.

Then, on December 19, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 500,000 donated doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines and 100,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of El Salvador.

📋 Staff Comments

1. According to the UNICEF COVID-19 Vaccine Market Dashboard, the price of a single Sinovac/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 April 2021 donation as $2.7 million.

📚 Sources & References

President Nayib Bukele announces donation of 150,000 Sinovac vaccines against COVID-19 by the People's Republic of China
The fiftieth batch of vaccines from the pharmaceutical companies Sinovac and Sinopharm arrives in El Salvador
Government of El Salvador Internal Memorandum: Information Required (about Donations or Loans due to COVID 19)
Government receives eighteenth batch of anti-COVID-19 vaccines
A million vaccines arrive in El Salvador
El Salvador receives sixth batch of anti-COVID-19 vaccines to maintain accelerated immunization process
China donates 600,000 vaccines against covid-19 to El Salvador, 'The pandemic took the world by surprise...'
Valuation of donations of excess COVID-19 vaccine doses to developing countries in ODA – update for 2022 donations
China's Contribution to Anti-Pandemic Cooperation
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Discurso de la Embajadora Ou Jianhong en el Acto de Entrega de la Donación de Vacunas al Gobierno Salvadoreño
萨尔瓦多总统感谢中国提供疫苗援助
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