Ninety people have tested positive for coronavirus in two care homes in Switzerland and eight have died, local officials say.

A total of 37 residents and 19 staff members have tested positive and seven had died at Siviriez nursing home in Fribourg canton, local authorities said in a statement.

In the nearby Maison Bourgeoisiale retirement home, 21 residents and 13 staff have tested positive, while one person has died.

Civil defence forces have been helping move some residents to hospital as the number of staff in the homes has dropped amid the outbreak, the statement said.

Switzerland has seen more than 45,000 cases and more than 1,700 have lost their lives to Covid-19.

Here's some more on the breaking news about a new coronavirus app for England and Wales.

Businesses - including pubs, restaurants, hairdressers and cinemas - are being urged to ensure they have NHS QR code posters visible on entry before the app is launched.

That's so that customers who have downloaded it can then use their smartphones to check-in.

Matt Hancock said: "The launch of the app later this month across England and Wales is a defining moment and will aid our ability to contain the virus at a critical time."

He added that it was vital to use the Test and Trace system "to reach as many people as possible to prevent outbreaks and stop this virus in its tracks".

Wales' health minister Vaughan Gething said the app's launch was "an important part of coronavirus response".

He said: "Working on a joint England and Wales basis is the most practical option here, as we know there is a lot of movement across our shared border. It makes sense to use the same app, working in exactly the same way, regardless of which country you're in."

The Covid-19 app will be launched across England and Wales on 24 September, the Department of Health and Social Care says.

It said trials in one of London's boroughs, as well as on the Isle of Wight and with NHS Volunteer Responders, show the app is "highly effective when used alongside traditional contact tracing to identify contacts of those who have tested positive for coronavirus".

Health Secretary Matt Hancock described the app's launch as "a defining moment" and said it would help to contain the virus "at a critical time".

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When it was announced that indoor and outdoor social gatherings for more than six people were being banned in England, it was a blow for those with larger families.

One of them is Alison Keen, who has four children - meaning they can no longer meet up with other family members or friends.

She had been planning a family gathering for her 40th birthday later this month.

"I can't meet up with anyone just because I've got kids," said Mrs Keen, from Newcastle-under-Lyme.

"Mum's upset that she can't see me on my birthday and really annoyed that she could have come to see the kids last week, but not next week."

Mrs Keen said allowing her children, between six and 11, to go back to school but not have family gatherings "seems daft".

Her parents, who live in Birmingham, will still be able to see Mrs Keen's two sisters, who both have fewer children.

Read more about the new rules here.

A company in India is hoping to roll out a coronavirus vaccine soon.

Serum, an Indian-based company that has made billions of doses of vaccines in the past, is already carrying out human trials on volunteers.

This video was filmed before the clinical trials for a vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University were put on hold. Serum is a partner in mass producing it.

India has recorded the world's highest-ever daily number of cases, with more than 96,000 reported on Friday.

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We know that work on a coronavirus vaccine is being carried out by scientists from around the world, as we speak.

We also know that if and when one becomes available, there won't be enough to go around.

So who is first in line to get such a jab, how is it decided - and how will it be made fair so that no poorer countries are left behind?

Well, at least 80 rich nations and economies, so far, have signed up to the global vaccine plan known as Covax, external, which aims to raise $2bn (£1.52bn) by the end of 2020 to help buy and fairly distribute a drug worldwide. The US, which wants to leave the WHO, is not one of them.

By pooling resources in Covax, participants hope to guarantee 92 lower income countries, in Africa, Asia and Latin America, also get "rapid, fair and equitable access" to Covid-19 vaccines.

Here is a deeper look at how the immunisation plan could be rolled out globally.

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Dr Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease expert in the US, has told Americans they will need to “hunker down” through autumn and winter months.

"Don't ever, ever underestimate the potential of the pandemic. And don't try and look at the rosy side of things," Fauci told a panel discussion on Thursday.

"We need to hunker down and get through this fall and winter, because it's not going to be easy."

The top doctor has been at odds with President Donald Trump at several points during the pandemic.

Last month, Fauci said his daughters had been harassed due to his public statements about tackling the pandemic, while he had personally received death threats.

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Travellers have less than 24 hours to go before new quarantine rules come into play for people heading to England from Portugal.

Those coming from the Portuguese mainland - though not the islands of the Azores and Madeira - will have to self-isolate for 14 days if they land after 4am on Saturday.

It was announced on Thursday evening that the destinations were being added to the quarantine list.

Wales and Scotland had already imposed the mandatory two weeks of self-isolation earlier this month.

People travelling to England, Wales and Scotland from Hungary and Reunion will also be required to self-isolate, while England is additionally requiring arrivals from French Polynesia to quarantine.

World Travel and Tourism Council president and chief executive Gloria Guevara said: "Taking Portugal and Hungary off the exception list has left families in a race against time to find flights and get home to avoid going into 14 days of isolation or cancel their already made plans.

"This depressingly familiar situation is a major body blow to consumer confidence to travel."

Meanwhile, England, Wales and Scotland have removed Sweden from their quarantine lists.

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Several European countries are battling surges in infections and coronavirus overshadows an annual Catalan celebration.

• For the first time since 2012 Catalans are marking their national day, La Diada, in face masks and without huge street demonstrations, because of coronavirus. But ceremonies are going ahead, and Catalonia’s nationalist government says La Diada is just as important this year. Nine Catalan independence leaders were jailed in Spain last year.

• Spain’s coronavirus surge continues, with more than 10,000 testing positive daily. And the French government is expected to announce further restrictions today after a record number of cases – nearly 10,000 – were announced on Thursday.

• Surges are being reported elsewhere too: Ukraine hit a record high of 3,144 new infections on Friday, blamed on people defying the new hygiene rules; the figure in the Czech Republic on Thursday was also a record – 1,382.

• In Belgium, football fans will be let back into stadiums, but only at a fraction of the capacity. Depending on the club, between 400 and 5,000 fans will be allowed in.

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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has called his rival President Donald Trump's handling of the pandemic "disgusting" and "almost criminal".

Biden was referring specifically to a newly released recording of Trump, from March, in which the president said he had played down the gravity of the coronavirus.

Biden told CNN, external: "It was all about making sure the stock market didn't come down, that his wealthy friends didn't lose any money, and that he could say anything, that in fact anything that happened had nothing to do with him."

Biden said the president "waved a white flag". "Think about it. Think about what he did not do - it's almost criminal," he added.

The recording came from an interview with Bob Woodward, who broke the Watergate scandal and is known as one of the nation's most respected journalists. He interviewed Trump 18 times from December to July for a new book.

Earlier this week, Mr Trump defended his "good and proper answers", and said he had not wanted to create panic.

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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing revolt from some Tory backbenchers over new coronavirus restrictions.

Tory former minister Steve Baker told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "It's time to move to a voluntary system - unless the government can demonstrate otherwise.

"And it is time for us to actually start living like a free people, not subjecting ourselves to constantly shifting legal requirements, which I think now no-one can fully understand."

He added: "It seems to me the effect of having Covid marshals will be to turn every public space in Britain into the equivalent of going through airport security where we are badgered and directed... I'm not willing to live like this."

Coronavirus rates are increasing across parts of the UK, with Leeds and Birmingham at risk of local lockdown measures. The government announced 2,919 new cases on Thursday.

Find out more here about the number of cases in your area.

The coronavirus pandemic has hit poorer countries harder than the rest of the world, sowing inequality globally, a BBC poll has shown.

The survey of nearly 30,000 people shows how different countries have been affected by the pandemic, six months after it was confirmed on 11 March.

The financial toll was a major issue, after lockdowns damaged economies worldwide.

A drop in income was reported by 69% of respondents in poorer countries, in comparison to 45% in richer ones, the poll found.

Overall, the research found that people in Latin America, Asia and Africa were more likely to say the virus had had a considerable impact on them than those living in Europe and North America.

People in Kenya (91%), Thailand (81%), Nigeria (80%), South Africa (77%), Indonesia (76%), and Vietnam (74%) were most likely to have been affected financially.

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Up, up, but not away. The UK economy continued a sharp recovery from lockdown in July, growing by a bumper 6.6% in the month. But the rate of recovery was a little slower than in June, raising some concerns about the ongoing strength of the bounce back.

The economy is still nearly 12% smaller than before the pandemic crisis, and has recovered just over half of the lost output during the shutdowns.

While the third quarter is on course to see a record number for growth and the official end of recession, fears remain that the recovery could peter out.

Business groups continue to push for extensions to government support packages that are due to close. The figures in July reflected the partial reopening of retail, manufacturing and some public sector activities, such as schools.

Read more on the latest on the UK economy.

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India has recorded the world's highest-ever daily number of cases, with more than 96,000 reported on Friday.

The Federal Health Ministry has now reported more than 4.5 million cases in the country.

The amount of cases is rising faster in India than anywhere else on the planet, but the death rate is lower than some countries.

Despite this, more than 1,000 deaths have been reported for the last 10 days.

The current death toll in India sits at more than 76,000 - the world's third highest behind the US and Brazil.

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Here's some more about Wales - which has just announced that people will have to wear face coverings in shops and other indoor public spaces from Monday.

First Minister Mark Drakeford said the change came as 20 people in every 100,000 in Wales now had coronavirus - the threshold used when deciding if people have to quarantine when coming back into the UK from abroad.

He said: "Lots of people in Wales do choose in any case to wear face coverings when they are out and about, what they will see now is that it will be compulsory for people to do that in shops."

Wales has also said it is banning indoor meetings of more than six people from an extended household from Monday.

Since August, up to four households have been allowed to form an extended household to meet up, with no legal limit on how many could be in such a unit. The new rule won't apply to children aged 11 and under.

Up to 30 people from different households will still be able to meet up outside.

And all extended household meetings are currently banned indoors in Caerphilly due to the local lockdown in place there.

The new Welsh measures come as England and Scotland also prepare to make changes after the weekend. In England, the new limit of six people from multiple households will apply to social gatherings from Monday.

And in Scotland, the limits are being reduced to a maximum of six people from two households from Monday. Unlike England, children under 12 will not be included.

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Today marks six months since the coronavirus was labelled a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO).

On 11 March, WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he said he was "deeply concerned" by "alarming levels of inaction".

He called on governments to change the course of the outbreak by taking "urgent and aggressive action".

"Several countries have demonstrated that this virus can be suppressed and controlled," he said.

Hours later, Italy announced the toughest lockdown seen in Europe at that point. Italy and Iran were the epicentres of the outbreak back then, while China and South Korea were already well past their peak.

Exactly six months later, cases of the disease are continuing to surge in many countries. Some that had apparent success in suppressing initial outbreaks have seen infections rise again.

More than 27 million cases have been confirmed globally and the death toll is edging closer to a million. The US has by far the highest death toll at more than 191,000, followed by Brazil, India and Mexico.

However, the number of confirmed cases during the spring peak is likely to be an underestimate of the true level of infection, as widespread testing was not available in many countries earlier in the year.

See here for an overview of where we are at six months after the pandemic was declared.

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Good morning - here is the latest coronavirus news from the UK this morning.

• The UK government should consider a targeted extension of its furlough scheme to avoid mass unemployment, MPs have said. The Treasury Select Committee also warned viable could go under without the support
• Meanwhile the UK economy grew by 6.6% in July, the Office for National Statistics says - but output remains far below pre-pandemic levels. It is the third month in a row that the economy has expanded

• Wales has announced it is banning indoor meetings of more than six people from an extended household (made up of up to four separate households) from Monday. Up to 30 people from different households can still meet outdoors
• A health and safety inspection has found that a government office in Leeds failed to do enough to prevent the spread of the virus. A picture has shown workers gathered around a desk at the Department for Work and Pensions building, where there have been two confirmed cases of Covid-19. The DWP said it had taken urgent action as a result
• Doctors have studied the brain of a man who became the youngest reported patient in the world to have a stroke due to coronavirus. Omar Taylor, 31, spent six weeks at Colchester General Hospital - but his recovery stunned doctors and he managed to walk out of hospital
• Two boat shows in Southampton have been cancelled hours before they were meant to start. Some 20,000 visitors were expected over the next 10 days at BOATS2020 and MDL Ocean Village

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France is planning tougher measures to combat coronavirus after experiencing a record number of daily cases.

The country registered 10,000 new cases in a 24-hour period, according to Thursday's figures.

A key meeting between ministers and health experts to decide on new measures is happening today.

The head of the scientific council advising the government on the pandemic, Jean-Francois Delfraissy, has warned that "tough" decisions may be required.

President Emmanuel Macron said the meeting would give the public a clear idea of what can be expected in the coming weeks.

"We need to be as transparent and clear as possible," he said on Thursday, according to AFP news agency.

"We need to be demanding and realistic without giving in to any kind of panic."

France has the seventh-highest Covid-19 death toll in the world. More than 30,800 people in the country have died with coronavirus.

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Thank you for joining us. Here’s a round-up of the biggest coronavirus stories from around the world this morning.

• France has recorded almost 10,000 new cases in 24 hours, marking its highest single-day count since the start of the outbreak
• French ministers and health experts are meeting on Friday to discuss toughening measures to combat the virus
• India has recorded the world’s highest number of daily cases at more than 96,000
• The pandemic has hit poorer countries harder than the rest of the world, sowing inequality globally, a BBC poll has shown
• A drop in income was reported by 69% of respondents in poorer countries, in comparison to 45% in richer ones, the poll found
• The United Nations has called for a "quantum leap" in funding for international initiatives to combat the the pandemic and kickstart economic recoveries
• Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for $15 billion (£11.5 billion) to fund the ACT-Accelerator programme, an international project to find for a vaccine and treatments led by the World Health Organization
• Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has called rival Donald Trump’s handling of the pandemic “almost criminal”. Biden was speaking to CNN about claims the president played down the severity of Covid-19
• Dr Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease expert in the US, has told Americans they will need to “hunker down” through autumn and winter months, adding “it’s not going to be easy”