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FLEST I 20-ÅRENE BLANT NYE CORONASMITTEDE
For første gang ligger aldersgruppen 20–29 år øverst i statistikken for nye tilfeller av coronasmitte, viser nye tall fra Folkehelseinstituttet.
I forrigeuke ble det observert en nedgang i meldte tilfeller av coronasmitte for alle aldersgrupper, heter det i den siste ukesrapporten som ble offentliggjort tirsdag.
Imidlertid er det for første gang siden begynnelsen av mars at mest nysmitte blir funnet i aldersgruppen 20–29 år, sett opp mot befolkningstallet.
I løpet av de foregående fem ukene var det aldersgruppen 90 år og eldre som hadde flest tilfeller i forhold til befolkningstallet, heter det i FHI-rapporten. (NTB)
Neil Ferguson: coronavirus adviser quits after breaking lockdown with mistress
Oliver Wright, Policy Editor
Wednesday May 06 2020, 12.01am BST, The Times
Neil Ferguson allowed Antonia Staats, who lives with her husband and children, to visit him at his home at least twice
The scientist whose coronavirus research prompted the lockdown was forced to resign his role advising the government last night after breaking social-distancing rules to meet his married lover.
Neil Ferguson said he had made an “error of judgment” in allowing Antonia Staats to visit him at his home in London on at least two occasions since the restrictions were put in place.
Professor Ferguson, an academic at Imperial College London, was a key member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), which has been informing the government’s response to the pandemic.