Chinese Government donates 200,000 Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $3.6 million in April 2021

$3.6M USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Government of Botswana
Country	Botswana
Start Date	Jan 01, 2021
End Date	Oct 05, 2032
Duration	4,295 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`95564`

Grant Description

On April 25, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 200,000 donated doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Botswana.

The Chinese Government pledged to donate an additional 2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Government of Botswana in 2022.

📋 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 April 2021 donation as $3.6 million.

📚 Sources & References

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