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Chinese Government donates 300,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses worth $5.4 million to the Government of Egypt in March 2021

$5.4M USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Government of Egypt
Country	Egypt
Start Date	Mar 01, 2021
End Date	Jul 19, 2030
Duration	3,427 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`96278`

Grant Description

In 2021 and 2022, the Chinese Government donated approximately 12.6 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Egypt.

The Chinese Government delivered 300,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Egypt on February 23, 2021.

Then, in March 2021, the Chinese Government delivered 300,000 donated doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Egypt.

The Chinese Government delivered an additional 2 million donated Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Government of Egypt on November 1, 2021.

Then, on September 24, 2022, the Chinese Government delivered 10 million donated doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines to the Government of Egypt.

📋 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 March 2021 donation as $5.4 million.

📚 Sources & References

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