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Chinese Government donates 2 million Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $36 million in September 2022

$36M USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Government of Myanmar (Burma)
Country	Myanmar
Start Date	Sep 09, 2022
End Date	Sep 14, 2028
Duration	2,197 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`96167`

Grant Description

On September 9, 2022, the Chinese Government delivered an additional 2 million donated Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Government of Myanmar. A handover ceremony was held at Yangon International Airport.

In attendance were Zheng Zhihong, minister counselor of the Chinese Embassy to Myanmar, and Tun Min, deputy director-general of Yangon Regional Health Department.

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 June 2022 donation as $36 million.

📚 Sources & References

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