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Chinese Government donates 600,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $10.8 million in March 2021

$10.8M USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Government of Sri Lanka
Country	Sri Lanka
Start Date	Jan 01, 2021
End Date	Apr 12, 2026
Duration	1,927 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`95884`

Grant Description

In 2021 and 2022, the Chinese Government donated approximately 3 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Sri Lanka.

The Chinese Government delivered 600,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Sri Lanka on March 31, 2021. The shipment arrived on SriLankan Airlines flight UL869 at 11:28am on March 31, 2021.

The doses were to be stored in the aircraft's cold storage department and remain at the airport until they could be delivered to the Central Vaccine Storage Complex of the Ministry of Health using refrigerated vehicles.

Then, on May 25, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 500,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Sri Lanka (see Record ID#95887).

The Chinese Government delivered an additional 1 million donated Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Government of Sri Lanka on June 6, 2021 (see Record ID#95913).

Then, on July 27, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 1.6 million donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Sri Lanka (see Record ID#95046).

One month later, on August 28, 2021, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China delivered 300,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Sri Lankan Armed Forces (see Record ID#95918).

Then, in September 2021, the Chinese Government announced that it would donate 1 million Sinovac doses to the Government of Sri Lanka in September 2021 (see Record ID#95923). However, it is unclear if this batch of vaccines was ever delivered.

📋 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 $10.8 million.

📚 Sources & References

China donates another 1.6 million doses of Sinopharm vaccine to Sri Lanka
President receives stock of COVID 19 vaccine donated by China at BIA
GLOBALink Sri Lanka receives batch of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines
DAC Working Party on Development Finance Statistics
China donates another 1.6 million doses of Sinopharm vaccine to Sri Lanka
China donates another 1.6 million doses of Sinopharm to Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka receives 300,000 doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine donated by China's PLA
Sri Lankan president appreciates new shipment of COVID-19 vaccine donated by China
Sri Lanka receives 300,000 doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine donated by China's PLA
China decides to donate one million doses of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine to Sri Lanka for further expansion of its vaccination drive, #China decided to donate another 500,000 doses of #Sinopharm #vaccine within this month to support #SriLankan people fighting current wave of #COVID19, #Sinopharm delivered 1 million doses #vaccine today as scheduled. #China delivers on its promises.
China to donate one million doses of Sinovac to Sri Lanka, 02nd donation of Sinopharm jabs from China to Sri Lanka today (25) 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.

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