More than a dozen government-backed hacking groups using the coronavirus pandemic as cover for phishing and malware attempts, according to security experts at Google.

Google said its Threat Analysis Group found hackers targeting international health organizations, including activity corroborating a Reuters report from early April that the World Health Organization was targeted.

“He was begging for his life, but no one would help him at all,” Mr Gambrell said about his stepfather in an interview with CBS This Morning. “They just kept sending him away.”

He added: “I honestly believe it was because my father was black. They didn’t honestly take his symptoms serious enough to give him a test.”

Ulisses Frutuoso said his uncle passed away before the results of his Covid-19 tests returned.

Three grave diggers, one dressed in a white protective smock, lowered the 96-year-old into his final resting place.

Mr Trump’s announcement fits with his America First agenda to protect American jobs from foreign competition, part of the appeal that helped him to victory when he also pledged to revive manufacturing and get tough on China. The president is looking to shore up his campaign for re-election in November, which has been complicated by the collapse in the high employment figures; they had been one of his proudest achievements.

A total of 22 million Americans have filed for unemployment benefit since restrictions were imposed during the pandemic.

Blanquer said back-to-school arrangements would be discussed with local authorities, teachers’ unions, parent groups and advisory bodies.  

‘It will be absolutely necessary to work with small groups,’ Blanquer said, saying the maximum class size would be around 15.