Professor behind virus modelling resigns after breaking lockdown rules: UK

Professor Neil Ferguson, an epidemiologist at Imperial College London, flouted social distancing rules to meet a female acquaintance
Professor Neil Ferguson.

A doctor who has been advising the UK government on its coronavirus strategy has resigned after a newspaper reported he had broken lockdown rules by meeting a female acquaintance. 

Professor Neil Ferguson, an epidemiologist at Imperial College in London, said he was standing down from the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) after the UK’s Daily Telegraph’s report.