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Chinese Government donates 1 million Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $18 million in August 2021

$18M USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Government of Bangladesh
Country	Bangladesh
Start Date	Jan 01, 2021
End Date	Nov 22, 2026
Duration	2,151 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`96160`

Grant Description

In 2021, the Chinese Government donated approximately 3.1 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Bangladesh.

The Chinese Government delivered 500,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Bangladesh on May 12, 2021.

Then, on June 13, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered another 600,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Bangladesh.

Two months later, on August 13, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered another 1 million donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Bangladesh.

Then, on October 20, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered another 1 million donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Bangladesh.

📋 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 August 2021 donation as $18 million.

📚 Sources & References

Bangladesh thanks China, seeks larger amount of Covid vaccine doses
Chinese nationals in Bangladesh receive 2nd Sinopharm vaccine doses under China's 'Spring Sprout' program
Second consignment of China-donated COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Bangladesh
Bangladesh gets another vaccine donation from China
One million doses of gifted Sinopharm vaccines from the Chinese Government safely arrives in Dhaka on August 13th
Bangladesh receives 1 million doses of Sinovac vaccine
Bangladesh receives new batches of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine
Second consignment of Sinopharm vaccine arrives
Bangladesh gets another 5.5 mln doses of Sinopharm vaccine
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