A nurse claps outside Royal Berkshire Hospital during the weekly "Clap for Our Carers" in Reading, Britain on April 23, 2020. (Photo by Tim Ireland/Xinhua)

-- UK recovery plan unveiled in detail as death toll tops 32,000;

-- Italy records 219,814 cases, death toll at 30,739;

-- France's deaths rise to 26,643, hospitalizations down further;

-- German gov't to earmark up to 750 mln euros for developing vaccine.

BRUSSELS, May 11  -- The following are the latest developments of the COVID-19 pandemic in European countries.

LONDON -- The British government on Monday published the document of the long-expected COVID-19 recovery plan, hoping to gradually ease the lockdown measures while at the same time getting the coronavirus pandemic under control.

Named as "Our Plan to Rebuild: The UK Government's COVID-19 recovery strategy", the document sets out the three-phase approach, starting this week with further lockdown loosening at the start of June and further changes potentially from July 4.

According to the 50-page document, from this week those with jobs in food production, construction, manufacturing, logistics, distribution and scientific research in laboratories should return to the workplace.