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New York, May 13 (EFE/EPA).- A vibrant, large-scale portrait that Pablo Picasso painted of his muse and lover Marie-Thérèse Walter fetched a huge $103.4 million on Thursday at a Christie's auction in New York.The bidding for "Femme Assise Près d’une Fenêtre (Marie-Thérèse)" started at $45 million and shortly after surpassed $55 million, the top estimate of the auction house experts, to stop at $90 million, to which fees and taxes were later added.The astronomical price was reached after an almost 20-minute battle between two phone buyers. (Camera: ARCHIVE). ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF 'FEMME ASSISE PRÈS D’UNE FENÊTRE (MARIE-THÉRÈSE)' BY PABLO PICASSO AT CHRISTIE'S AUCTION HOUSE IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK, US.SHOT LIST:
Quito, Apr 12 (EFE) .- Ecuador president elect, Guillermo Lasso, said Monday that his priority will be to fulfill his electoral promise to vaccinate 9 million people against Covid-19 in the first 100 days of Government, and stressed that fighting poverty and unemploymentare also part of his most immediate priorities.(Camera: JUAN FRANCISCO CHÁVEZ)SHOT LIST: THE STREETS OF QUITO, THE ARRIVAL OF ECUADOR'S PRESIDENT ELECT GUILLERMO LASSO TO THE PRESS CONFERENCE.SOUND BITES: PRESIDENT ELECT OF ECUADOR GUILLERMO LASSO (IN SPANISH)TRANSLATION:I believe that there is a fundamental priority and it is the vaccination process. I believe that this is fundamental and we will probably start sometime this week to define the best names to carry out this vaccination process to achieve the goal of vaccinating 9 million Ecuadorians in the first 100 days of the government.
Moscow, Apr 5 (EFE), (Camera EPA/EFE Archive).- The Russian Direct Investment Fund on Monday announced an agreement with the Indian Panacea Biotec to produce 100 million annual doses of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine.The deal would allow RDIF to provide its international partners with the jab, the Russian sovereign fund said in a statement.India is one of the first countries Russia has approached to manufacture the vaccine, approved by 59 countries.ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF MOSCOW AND COVID-19VACCINATION IN INDIA.
Revere/Hialeah/Los Angeles, Mar 19 (EFE/EPA).- The United States Friday reached 100 million Covid-19 vaccine milestone weeks ahead of President Joe Biden's target date of his 100th day in office even as the country recorded 1,650 more deaths and 62,787 new coronavirus infections.White House White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeffrey Friday said the country had reached the 100 million shots goal in just 58 days, weeks ahead of schedule.“Achieving this goal is a direct result of deliberate, aggressive actions guided by the president’s whole-of-government national strategy to end the pandemic,” Zients said. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE SHOWS COVID-19 VACCINATION DRIVES IN REVERE, MASSACHUSETTS; HIALEAH, FLORIDA; AND LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, US.
Shanghai, Jan 4 (EFE/EPA).- Fosun Pharma, a Chinese listed pharmaceutical company, and Germany's BioNTech reported in December that they would supply Mainland China with 100 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine in 2021, after regulatory approval. In March 2020, Shanghai-based pharmaceutical company Fosun Pharma made a purchase agreement with BioNTech to buy 50 million USD worth of stock. It became a strategic partner in developing and producing the mRNA vaccine. (Camera: ALEX PLAVEVSKI).SHOT LIST: THE FOSUN PHARMA HEADQUARTERS BUILDING IN SHANGHAI, CHINA.