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Chinese Government donates 1 million Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $18 million in December 2021

$18M USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Myanmar Ministry of Foreign Affairs\|Myanmar Ministry of Health and Sports
Country	Myanmar
Start Date	Dec 22, 2021
End Date	May 08, 2030
Duration	3,059 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`96095`

Grant Description

On December 22, 2021, 1 million doses of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine arrived at Yangon International Airport from China.

A donation ceremony was held, which was attended by representatives of the Chinese Embassy in Myanmar, officials from Myanmar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, officials from Myanmar's Ministry of Health and Sports, and officials from the Yangon region of Myanmar's Public Health and Treatment department.

The Chinese ambassador to Myanmar Chen Hai explained that this donation was the first batch of a two part donation and that a second batch would be arriving in early 2022.

In 2021 and 2022, the Chinese Government donated approximately 23.7 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Myanmar.

📋 Staff Comments

1. 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 December 2021 donation as $18 million.

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