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Chinese Government donates 250,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $4.5 million in February 2021

$4.5M USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Government of Iran
Country	Iran
Start Date	Feb 28, 2021
End Date	Apr 04, 2026
Duration	1,861 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`95727`

Grant Description

The Chinese Government delivered 250,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Iran on February 28, 2021.

Then, on April 15, 2021, the Chinese Red Cross Society delivered 400,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Iran’s Ministry of Health (see Record ID#95728).

The Chinese Government delivered two additional batches of donated Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Government of Iran in August 2021.

The first batch consisted of 700,000 doses (see Record ID#95729) and the second batch consisted of 1,550,000 doses (see Record ID#95730).

📋 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 February 2021 donation as $4.5 million.

📚 Sources & References

Iran receives China’s Sinopharm jabs as COVID deaths reach 60,000, 4th consignment of Chinese COVID-19 vaccines arrives in Iran, 4th gift package of COVID-19 vaccine arrived from China, 400k doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Iran: Official
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