Some US and Australian states move to relax lockdowns and Italy will start lifting curbs on 4 May.

The CovidSafe app has had a better-than-expected uptakeImage caption: The CovidSafe app has had a better-than-expected uptake
Good morning
from Sydney. As new case numbers drop to near single digits, the focus is squarely on how society will move out of lockdown.
Canberra is
stressing that a wide uptake of its contact-tracing app is crucial to this, and
since it was released last night more than 1.13 million Australians have downloaded it.
Critics say
there are privacy and transparency concerns with its rushed roll-out, but as
opinion polls have shown, public trust in the government has risen since the
start of the pandemic.
Meanwhile
some states have begun relaxing restrictions, with Queensland set to bring back
picnics and car trips, while Western Australia will now allow 10-person
gatherings, up from the previous limit of two.
But New
South Wales and Victoria the two most-populous states say theyre sticking with their measures until at least 11 May, when
a national review is due.