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Chinese Government donates 1.5 million Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $27 million in February 2022

$27M USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Government of Tunisia
Country	Tunisia
Start Date	Jan 01, 2022
End Date	Jan 10, 2031
Duration	3,296 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`95550`

Grant Description

In 2021 and 2022, the Chinese Government donated approximately 1.7 million doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Tunisia.

The Chinese Government delivered 200,000 donated doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Tunisia on March 25, 2021.

At the vaccine handover ceremony, the Chinese Ambassador to Tunisia Zhang Jianguo was present to the donation to the Tunisian Minister of Health Sudu Mehdi.

Then, on February 22, 2022, the Chinese Government delivered another 1.5 million donated doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Tunisia.

📋 Staff Comments

1. According to the UNICEF COVID-19 Vaccine Market Dashboard, the price of a single xx 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 2022 donation as $27 million.

📚 Sources & References

DAC Working Party on Development Finance Statistics
Túnez recibe donación de China de 1.500.000 de dosis de vacunas contra la COVID-19
Túnez recibe donación de vacunas anticovid enviadas por China
Túnez recibe donación de vacunas anticovid enviadas por China, (COVID-19) La Tunisie reçoit un don chinois de 1,5 million de doses du vaccin Sinovac
Tunisie - Covid-19 : Don chinois de 1,5 million de doses
Covid-19 : La Tunisie réceptionne 200 mille doses du vaccin chinois
China to deliver 500,000 doses of Sinovac coronavirus vaccine to Tunisia
Tunisia to take delivery next week of 1.5 million vaccine doses donated by China
Tunisia receives new batch of COVID-19 vaccines donated by China
Tunisia to take delivery of 1.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from China Tuesday 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.