Grant Description
Between July 22 and July 24, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 2 million donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Myanmar. On July 22, the first batch of 736,000 doses arrived at Yangon International Airport.
Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar Chen Hai held a video handover ceremony and signed a handover certificate with Myanmar Minister of Health and Sports Thei Khai Win.
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 July 2021 donation as $36 million.
📚 Sources & References
- 中国政府新一批援缅新冠肺炎疫苗运抵仰光
- More China-donated Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Myanmar
- One million Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines in third batch donated by PRC arrives at Yangon Int’l Airport
- China's Contribution to Anti-Pandemic Cooperation
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- Myanmar receives 1 million doses of Sinovac vaccine donated by China
- China donates Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines to Myanmar
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- China donates Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines to Myanmar
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- New batch of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Myanmar
- DAC Working Party on Development Finance Statistics
- Myanmar receives 1 million doses of Sinovac vaccine donated by China
- HANDOVER CEREMONY: 1 MILLION DOSES OF SINOVAC VACCINES DONATED BY CHINA ARRIVED
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- China donates 10 mln COVID-19 vaccine doses to Myanmar
- China donates 10 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to Myanmar
- Five million doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine donated by PRC arrive in Yangon 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.