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Chinese Government donates 150,000 Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine doses worth $2.7 million in April 2021

$2.7M USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Government of Syria
Country	Syrian Arab Republic
Start Date	Apr 01, 2021
End Date	Jul 15, 2029
Duration	3,027 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`96313`

Grant Description

In 2021 and 2022, the Chinese Government donated approximately 1.8 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the Government of Syria.

The Chinese Government delivered 150,000 donated doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines to the Government of Syria in April 2021.

Then, on July 29, 2021, the Chinese Red Cross Society delivered 150,000 donated doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines to the Government of Syria.

The Chinese Government delivered an additional 500,000 donated Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Government of Syria in November 2021.

Then, on January 3, 2022, the Chinese Government delivered 1 million donated Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines to the Government of Syria.

📋 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 April 2021 donation as $2.7 million.

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