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Where cases are still rising and other world headlines

If you are just joining us, here's a reminder of the top stories from around the world:

• As the US announced a new record high of 52,000 daily infections, President Donald Trump appears to have reversed his stance on wearing masks. A number of states have also announced the reintroduction of lockdown measures in response to the rise in cases
  
• There have been sharp rises in Latin America too. In Brazil, which is only behind the US in numbers of cases and fatalities, the death toll has now passed 60,000
  
• South Africa has reported a new daily record of cases, with more than 8,100 announced on Thursday. The country has the highest number of infections on the continent
  
• The UN Security Council has issued its first resolution since the pandemic began calling for a three-month ceasefire in all conflicts to help deal with the spread of coronavirus
  
• The World Health Organization has warned that countries in the Middle East have reached a "critical threshold" in the fight against coronavirus, noting that conflict zones including Syria and Yemen are ill-equipped to track or contain and outbreak
  
• New Zealand's health minister has stepped down. He had previously been forced to apologise after breaking lockdown measures
  

Missed schooling 'national disaster' for UK

As the NHS marks its 72nd anniversary on Sunday, the UK is resuming its doorstep applause for medics and other key workers - with professional sports across England joining in the tributes.
Team GB's Olympians, the Football Association, the England and Wales Cricket Board and Rugby Football Union are among the organisations taking part in the "Thank You Together" moment at 17:00 BST (16:00 GMT).
Premier League and English Football League matches this weekend will be preceded by a moment of applause, Wembley Stadium's screens will display a #ThankYouTogether mosaic and England's rugby team will record a personal thank you message.

Thank you NHS: Sport to pay tribute on 72nd anniversary

Many sporting grounds have displayed messages of thanks during the coronavirus crisis

As the NHS marks its 72nd anniversary on Sunday, the UK is resuming its doorstep applause for medics and other key workers - with professional sports across England joining in the tributes.
Team GB's Olympians, the Football Association, the England and Wales Cricket Board and Rugby Football Union are among the organisations taking part in the "Thank You Together" moment at 17:00 BST (16:00 GMT).
Premier League and English Football League matches this weekend will be preceded by a moment of applause, Wembley Stadium's screens will display a #ThankYouTogether mosaic and England's rugby team will record a personal thank you message.

Analysis: How UK U-turned on quarantine plans

Tom Burridge - Transport correspondent
So the government is about to announce something which aviation bosses, many MPs and some scientists have advocated from the beginning: a targeted quarantine which only impacts people arriving into the UK from high-risk "red" countries.
It is the opposite of the government’s blanket-style approach which has been in place for less than four weeks. You could call it a U-turn.
For days, if not weeks, the government has indicated that it wanted a relatively small number of bilateral "travel corridors" with European nations where the virus is under control.
It appears that approach of a selected number of exemptions hit a number of hurdles. Some countries, like Greece, were not willing to reciprocate in the short-term. And there was nothing to stop people travelling into the UK from a higher risk country, via a lower risk one to avoid the quarantine.
The optics concerning Portugal are illuminating. First it seemed to be top of the list of exemptions. Then, last week, sources indicated it was off the list. The situation regarding Portugal now is unclear.
The process was further complicated by both the Welsh and Scottish governments saying they might follow a separate approach.
Travel companies will be pleased about a much longer list of exemptions but they have been pulling their hair out over the confusion, and the delay in making a final announcement, which is now expected by the end of this week.
And critics will question why the government did not go for a more nuanced approach in the first place.

Does closing bars help stop coronavirus? Science says so

Both Arizona and California have seen rising numbers of infections and they - along with other states and local authorities - have included bars among the locations they will close in a bid to deal with new outbreaks.
Now scientists have backed up the logic behind this.
"Can you do social distancing at a bar? Can you wear a mask while drinking?" Dr David Hamer of the Boston University School of Medicine told the Associated Press news agency. "Bars are the perfect place to break all those rules."
According to a study into the spread of coronavirus clusters in Japan earlier this year, "many Covid-19 clusters were associated with heavy breathing in close proximity, such as singing at karaoke parties, cheering at clubs, having conversations in bars, and exercising in gymnasiums".
The potential of bars to help the virus spread may also be explained by the fact that alcohol lowers inhibitions, according to AP.
In addition, younger people who become infected there are more likely to experience mild or no symptoms and therefore spread the virus through the community.