Grant Description
On March 31, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 700,000 donated doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Cambodia. 300,000 doses went to the Cambodian Ministry of Defense for distribution to the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces. 400,000 doses went to the Ministry of Health.
In attendance at the handover ceremony at Phnom Penh International Airport were General Tea Banh, Cambodian Minister of Defence, and Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Wang Wentian. The vaccines were produced by China National Biotec Group Company Limited.
In 2021 and 2022, the Chinese Government donated approximately 11.3 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Cambodia. Emergency use of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine was authorized on February 4th, 2021 in Cambodia.
📋 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 March 2021 donation as $12.6 million
📚 Sources & References
- More vaccine relief: 700,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine arrive from China
- 中国援柬埔寨新冠疫苗运抵金边
- More China-donated COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Cambodia as kingdom looks to reopen economy
- China commits to donate 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Cambodia
- Cambodia receives 3rd batch of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine
- China gifts Sinopharm jabs through military
- Red Cross
- Prime Minister Hun Sen Accepts One Million Doses of China’s Sinopharm Vaccine
- Cambodia receives 3rd batch of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine
- China Provides 500,000 More Doses Of Sinopharm To Cambodia
- PM Hun Sen to personally receive two million doses of COVID-19 vaccines donated by China tomorrow
- More China-donated COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Cambodia as kingdom looks to reopen economy
- SE Asia gets more vaccines, equipment from China amid Delta fight, 1.5 Million Sinovac Doses Arrive in Cambodia at $15M Cost
- Cambodia receives 3rd batch of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine, 3rd shipment of China-donated vaccine arrives in Cambodia
- New arrival of China-donated jabs helps Cambodia's COVID-19 vaccination
- Arrival of China-donated jabs helps Cambodia’s COVID-19 fight with more than 88 percent fully vaccinated
- Speech at handover ceremony of COVID-19 vaccines donated by China to Cambodia
- CIDCA vice-chairman: China will continue to support Cambodian anti-pandemic fight, narrow world’s vaccine gap
- China donates more COVID-19 vaccines to Cambodia
- New batch of two million doses of China-donated vaccine arrives in Cambodia, 2M doses of China-aided COVID-19 vaccine arrive in Cambodia
- One million Sinovac vaccine doses arrive, more on the way
- Proposed Loan and Administration of Loan Kingdom of Cambodia: Cambodia Rapid Immunization Support Project under the Asia Pacific Vaccine Access Facility
- Cambodia receives new batch of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines
- Another 400,000 doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines, funded by the Chinese government, will arrive in Cambodia tomorrow
- Cambodia receives first batch of China's COVID-19 vaccine donations
- Cambodia gets first COVID-19 vaccine from key ally China, 700K China jabs to land Mar 31
- DAC Working Party on Development Finance Statistics 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.