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Chinese Government donates 50,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $900,000 in March 2021

$900K USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Government of Iraq
Country	Iraq
Start Date	Mar 02, 2021
End Date	Nov 30, 2026
Duration	2,099 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`95752`

Grant Description

In 2021, the Chinese Government donated approximately 750,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Iraq.

The Chinese Government delivered 50,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Iraq on March 2, 2021.

Then, on April 11, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 200,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines (into batches) to the Government of Iraq.

Chinese Ambassador to Iraq Zhang Tao and representatives from the Iraqi Ministry of Public Health attended the handover ceremony at the airport.

The Chinese Government delivered an additional 500,000 donated Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Government of Iraq on August 12, 2021.

Officials from the Chinese Embassy and representatives from the Iraqi Ministry of Public Health attended the handover ceremony at the airport.

Then, on October 14, 2021, the Chinese Government donated another batch of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines (including an unknown number of doses) to the Government of Iraq.

Officials from the Chinese Embassy and representatives from Iraqi Ministry of Public Health attended the handover ceremony at Baghdad Airport.

📋 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 March 2021 donation as $900,000.

📚 Sources & References

Iraq receives first batch of COVID-19 vaccines from China
Live COVID-19 updates: 4th batch of China-donated COVID-19 vaccines arrives in Iraq
Iraq receives 3rd batch of COVID-19 vaccines from China
Iraq receives 2nd batch of donated COVID-19 vaccines from China
Iraq receives new Sinopharm
Pfizer vaccine doses
Iraq receives 3rd shipment of donated Chinese COVID vaccines, 4th batch of China-donated COVID-19 vaccines arrives in Iraq
Fourth batch of China-donated COVID vaccines arrives in Iraq, وصول دفعة ثالثة من لقاح سينوفارم الصيني إلى العراق
Iraq receives COVID-19 vaccine assistance from China
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