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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks at a press conference after the WHO emergency committee's meeting on the novel coronavirus in China at its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Jan. 22, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Qu)

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Chiefs of WHO, UN hit back at Trump’s threat

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Global COVID-19 cases surpass 1.5 million

xinhuanet.com - Apr 8, 2020

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Ghana records 26 new COVID-19 cases; total count now 313

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Madina main market closed until further notice

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COVID-19: President directs cabinet to come out with broader stimulus package

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COVID -19 cases in Ghana rise to 287

Here are the Board of Trustees for Ghana’s COVID-19 Trust Fund

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ABSA Bank supports Ghana’s COVID-19 Fund with US$173,000

BUSINESS NEWS

Business

Korle-Klottey Municipal Assembly announces closure of CMB Market

Ghana News Agency - Apr 9, 2020 0

The Korele-Klottey Municipal Assembly on Thursday announced that the Cocoa Marketing Board (CMB) Market in Accra will be closed from midnight on Thursday due...

Finance Minister requests parliamentary approval to access Contingency Fund

Apr 9, 2020

NBSSI/Mastercard Foundation supports businesses

Apr 9, 2020

ADB donates GHC 200,000.00 to COVID-19 Trust Fund

Apr 9, 2020

Major stock market indices worldwide

Apr 9, 2020

GENERAL NEWS

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NDC donates to aid fight against COVID-19, CSM in Upper West

Ghana News Agency - Apr 9, 2020 0

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has donated some Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) and medicines to the Upper West Regional Health Directorate to aid...

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Majority Caucus donates GHC100, 000.00 to COVID-19 Trust Fund

Ghana News Agency - Apr 9, 2020 0

The Majority Caucus in Parliament has presented a cheque for GHC100, 000.00 as their contribution to the government’s COVID-19 Trust Fund. The donation is to...

Motor King Ltd supports COVID-19 fight in Northern region

Apr 9, 2020

Ghana Chamber of Mines supports MOH with GHS11.5 million

Apr 9, 2020

COVID-19: Gov’t expands feeding of needy citizens outreach in lockdown areas

Apr 9, 2020

Keda Ghana Ceramics supports fight against COVID-19

Apr 9, 2020

CSOs COVID-19 response fund set to support about 3,000 households

Apr 9, 2020

Cosmo Seafoods donates canned fish to COVID-19 frontline workers

Apr 9, 2020

NEWS PHOTOS

Pharmacists at a traditional Chinese medicine hospital in Nantong, east China’s Jiangsu province dispense medicines according to prescriptions of a kind of Chinese herbal tea which has proven effective on the prevention of COVID-19, March 5, 2020. Xu Peiqin/People’s Daily Online

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Photos show how China works amid epidemic outbreak

China's medical supplies for 18 African countries arrive at the Kotota International Airport in Accra, capital of Ghana, April 6, 2020. China's medical supplies for 18 African countries have arrived here on Monday, and are scheduled to be delivered to the other 17 countries within a few days. The beneficiary African countries are Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Gabon, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire, Gambia, Liberia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Togo, Benin, Cape Verde, as well as Sao Tome and Principe. (Xinhua/Xu Zheng)

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Ghana Covid-19: Africa-China Supplies

Constructors of China Railway 19th Bureau Group work at the site of the Xinmiaohu Extra Large Bridge in Duchang county, Jiujiang, east China’s Jiangxi province, Feb. 23, 2020. Photo by Fu Jianbin, People’s Daily Online

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Major projects accelerate resumption of work

ENTERTAINMENTS AND ARTS

Peking Opera artist Dong Fei started sharing his stories of the traditional Chinese art form on Douyin since 2018, taking the opera closer to more young Chinese. Photo is a screen capture from the Douyin app

Entertainment

Short videos drives spread of traditional Chinese culture, art

People's Daily - Apr 7, 2020 0

By Yang Chenghu, Cui Li Traditional Chinese culture and art has gain a foothold on short video platforms and attracted a large number of young...

COVID-19: Kwame NV debuts ”Heal the World” single

Apr 6, 2020

Relentless Shatta Wale delivers stunning virtual concert

Apr 6, 2020

Partial lockdown imposed on Havana’s entertainment district

Apr 3, 2020

StarTimes rolls out home schooling programs in Kenya amid COVID-19 pandemic

Apr 3, 2020

BREAKING NEWS

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COVID-19 death toll exceeds 6,100 in UK

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South Africa’s number of COVID-19 cases rises steadily amid massive testing

Editors' Pick

People walk near the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, March 8, 2020. A total of 6,387 people have tested positive for the coronavirus in Italy since the epidemic first broke out here over two weeks ago, the Civil Protection Department said Sunday. In addition, 366 people have died and 622 recovered, Civil Protection Department Chief Angelo Borrelli told reporters at a televised press conference. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua)

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WHO urges global solidarity as rising COVID-19 infection keeps hitting economy

xinhuanet.com - Apr 9, 2020 0

As the global tally of COVID-19 cases surpassed 1.5 million on Wednesday, several governments stepped up anti-epidemic measures, notably extended wide-scale lockdown, despite the...

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China dispatches a team of nine medical experts to Italy, on Thursday, to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic, along with 31 tons of medical supplies, including ICU ward equipment, protective outfits, and antiviral drugs. Photo by Yang Hui from Global Times

Building a strong global network for pandemic prevention

People's Daily - Apr 9, 2020 0

By He Yin For the last few days, the international society has taken stronger and coordinated actions in fighting the COVID-19 outbreak. To carry out...

Community workers and volunteers use a speaker to publicize the information about prevention and control of the novel coronavirus at a street near the Yellow Crane Pavilion in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 7, 2020. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)

Those who help Wuhan get through toughest time

Apr 9, 2020

Australian parliament passes “biggest economic lifeline” in history

Apr 9, 2020

Pedestrians wearing masks are seen in downtown Tehran, Iran, Feb. 23, 2020. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday issued an order to form a national headquarters to cope with the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the country, state TV reported. Since Iran announced the first batch cases of the coronavirus in the country on Wednesday, 43 Iranians have been confirmed infected by the virus, eight of whom have died. (Photo by Ahmad Halabisaz/Xinhua)

Iran slams IMF’s rejection of application for anti-coronavirus loan as “unacceptable”

Apr 8, 2020

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Travel

Global aviation industry to soon heal COVID-19 wounds – Kadri Samsunlu

xinhuanet.com - Apr 7, 2020 0

The aviation industry across the world would soon heal its wounds caused by the outbreak of COVID-19 and rise again from where it left...

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HEALTH & FITNESS

UK's Johnson moved out of intensive care, 'in extremely good spirits'