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Chinese Government donates 1.6 million Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $28.8 million in November 2021

$28.8M USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Government of Nepal
Country	Nepal
Start Date	Jan 01, 2021
End Date	May 28, 2032
Duration	4,165 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`95756`

Grant Description

In 2021 and 2022, the Chinese Government donated approximately 7.4 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Nepal.

The Chinese Government delivered 800,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Nepal on March 29, 2021.

Then, on June 1, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered another 800,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines and the Tibet Autonomous Regional Government delivered another 200,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Nepal.

Then, on November 2, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered an additional 1.6 million donated Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Government of Nepal.

Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Hou Yanqi, and Birodh Khatiwada, Nepal’s Minister for Health and Population in Nepal, attended the vaccine handover ceremony in Kathmandu.

Then, between March 26, 2022 and March 29, 2022, the Chinese Government delivered 4 million donated doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Nepal.

📋 Staff Comments

According to the UNICEF COVID-19 Vaccine Market Dashboard, the price of a single Sinopharm/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 November 2021 donation as $28.8 million.
The Tibet Autonomous Region or Xizang Autonomous Region, often shortened to Tibet or Xizang, is a province-level autonomous region of the People's Republic of China in Southwest China.

📚 Sources & References

Valuation of donations of excess COVID-19 vaccine doses to developing countries in ODA – update for 2022 donations
Four million doses of China-donated vaccines may never be used
Govt waiting for WHO's decision on Sinovac vaccine
Nepal receives 1.6 mln doses of China-donated COVID-19 vaccine
Chinese Vaccine Vero Cell administered (Photo Feature)
Nepal to resume COVID-19 vaccination drive after arrival of Chinese vaccines
Nepal to resume COVID-19 vaccination with China-donated jabs
China-donated COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Nepal
China to gift 1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Nepal
Yearender: Nepal-China cooperation moves ahead amid COVID-19 pandemic
How Nepal Turned to China to Fill its COVID-19 Vaccine Shortfall
Press Release on Telephone Conversation between the Presidents of Nepal and China
Press Release
More than 850,000 doses of Chinese Covid-19 vaccines arrive in Kathmandu https://tkpo.st/3fB2hjk
Vaccine airlift
Himalaya Airlines transports Vero Cell vaccines
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