Coronavirus world updates: UK's death toll passes 30,000, now worse than Italy's

In Britain, which unlike other European nations remains in lockdown, a trial began Tuesday of a mobile phone app that authorities hope will help contain the outbreak.The app, which warns people if they have been near an infected individual, is being tested on the Isle of Wight, off England's southern coast. The government hopes it can be rolled out across the country later this month.

"We know with great certainty that there will be a second wave – the majority of scientists are sure of that. And many also assume that there will be a third wave," said Lothar Wieler, the head of Germany's national disease control centre.French President Emmanuel Macron took heat from parents, teachers and mayors, who pushed back against his plans to gradually reopen schools next week with classes capped at 15 students.

Scientists in France released a study saying they may have identified a possible case of the coronavirus dating back to December, about a month before the first cases were officially confirmed in Europe. Outside experts said the study was interesting but not conclusive.Italy this week allowed 4.4 million people to go back to work and eased restrictions on personal movement for the first time in two months.

A waitress serves coffee to take away at a cafè inside the Vittorio Emanuele II Gallery, in Milan, Italy, May 5, 2020, a day after the country emerged from a two month lockdown.Widely seen as a success story, South Korea reported only three new cases of the virus, its lowest total since February 18. Schools will reopen in phases starting with high school seniors on May 13, but the highlight Tuesday was the baseball season, which began with no spectators allowed.

Underscoring the stakes, New York state reported 1700 more people died in nursing homes than it had previously counted.

Incorrect, Italy still has higher per capita numbers than the UK, both in infections and deaths. Italy's population was certainly hit harder so far.

Yeah because China only had 3000 deaths

Don’t worry, the Netherlands will soon take over. That’s what our PM is hoping for, at least.

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