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Chinese Government donates 200,000 Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $3.6 million in May 2021

$3.6M USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Ecuador Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Migration
Country	Ecuador
Start Date	May 29, 2021
End Date	Dec 25, 2029
Duration	3,132 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`96260`

Grant Description

In 2021 and 2022, the Chinese Government donated approximately 3.2 million doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Ecuador.

The Chinese Government delivered 200,000 donated doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines to the Ecuador Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility on May 29, 2021.

This donation came alongside 500,000 other vaccines purchased by the government of Ecuador, for a total of 700,00 vaccines delivered.

Then, on October 30, 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 500,000 donated doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Ecuador.

The Chinese Government delivered an additional 2.5 million donated Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Government of Ecuador on May 17, 2022.

📋 Staff Comments

1. According to the UNICEF COVID-19 Vaccine Market Dashboard, the price of a single 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 May 2021 donation as $3.6 million.

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