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Man hit – taken to hospital
A 65-year-old man has been hit by a car in Gothenburg.
Police and an ambulance are called to the scene and the man is taken to hospital with unclear injuries.
According to the police, the man must have been awake and talkative.
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Healthcare worried about multi-resistant bacteria
Christian Risk, senior physician at the Karolinska Institute, calls for strict control within the healthcare system as cases of the multi-resistant ESBLcarba bacteria spread, reports Swedens radio.
Statistics from the Public Health Authority show that it has increased sharply last year.
The multi-resistant bacteria are resistant to antibiotics, which complicates the treatment of patients.
China: 60,000 have died from covid in one month
Nearly 60,000 people have died from covid-related causes in China in one month, according to Chinese authorities.
The deaths occurred between December 8 and January 12.
This is the first time during the pandemic that the country has high death tolls. The latest reported death toll from Johns Hopkins is 18,072, although many observers believe the numbers could be higher.
According to Chinese experts, it is not believed that the peak of the spread of infection has been reached.
International health experts estimate that the country will have at least one million covid deaths this year.
Insurance employee suspected of million-dollar fraud
A woman who works at an insurance company is suspected of defrauding the company of around four million kroner with the help of ten customers who allegedly made false claims, reports SVT Nyheter Sörmland.
Among other things, customers from the Nyköping area must have received compensation paid out after reports of stolen or lost jewelry and expensive watches.
According to the prosecutor, the defendant is suspected of having known that the damage reports were false, and in several cases customers must have transferred parts of the paid compensation to her private account.
Shots fired at residence in Märsta
The police are on the scene in Märsta north of Stockholm after reports of gunshots in an apartment.
The alarm came in just after half past ten in the morning.
– Shell casings have also been found, but no one has been injured. We received the alarm after it had happened, so now we are working on gathering information about the incident, says Anna Westberg, press spokesperson for the police in the Stockholm region.
The police will carry out a technical investigation at the scene.
The incident is currently classified as aggravated unlawful threat and aggravated weapons offence.
– They have shot at a door. We have no one detained, but we are working to gather information about the incident in several different ways. It is a work in progress, says Anna Westberg.
A person is wanted in custody for shooting at a train station
A person is wanted in custody for the shooting at the commuter train station in Kungsängen north of Stockholm earlier this week, writes SVT Nyheter Stockholm.
The person was arrested on the night between Wednesday and Thursday.
– The person is suspected of attempted murder and a detention hearing will take place on Saturday, says prosecutor Alexandra Bittner to the channel.
Previously, three people have been arrested in connection with the shooting. They have now been released after the suspicions against them were weakened.
Won SEK 14 billion on Lotto – second biggest ever
A hitherto unknown person has won a sensational lottery win in the United States: 1.35 billion dollars – the equivalent of 14 billion kroner, TT reports.
It is the second largest win in the game’s history, the Mega Millions company states on its website.
For three months, the six numbers have been drawn without producing a winner, until Friday.
The individual who has now claimed the jackpot lives in the state of Maine, but more than that is not known.
If the person chooses to receive the money over a 29-year period, they will receive the total amount, but most people choose a lump sum and then the amount in this case ends up at $725 million.
Man suspected of rape at a nightclub
A woman has reported that she was raped at a night out in Östersund during the night.
– The police are ordered to the pub in the middle of the night. Incoming information was that there must have been some disturbance at the site and on site we receive information about a suspected rape, says Maria Linné, press spokesperson at the police region North.
A man in his 20s was detained and taken in for questioning. Prosecutors must decide whether he should be arrested as a suspect in the case.
The woman must be the same age as the suspect.
Praised after the panic attack in Nyhetsmorgon: “Everything went black”
Epadunk artist Sofie Svensson suffered a panic attack and broke down during her participation in TV4’s “News Morning”.
The artist and songwriter has been praised by her followers on Instagram – many thanking her for opening up about the panic disorder.
On Saturday, Sofie Svensson appears in Nyhetsmorgon again and says in a video greeting that it was the first time she suffered a panic attack in five years.
– I think it was due to my own expectations that I had of myself. That combined with the fact that I had only slept two hours during the night and was nervous all week. I went into myself and everything went black, she says and continues:
– But it feels good that you are not alone. I hope that more people can get better tools to deal with stress and anxiety, says Sofie Svensson.
Explosions in eastern Kyiv
The air traffic alert went off in Kyiv at half past nine Swedish time on Saturday morning. According to the mayor Vitaly Klitschko, explosions have occurred in the eastern part of the city, states Meduza magazine.
The city’s residents were urged to seek shelter during the ongoing rocket attack, which is targeting critical infrastructure, according to the head of the presidential administration of Ukraine Kyrylo Tymoshenko.
Earlier on Saturday morning, explosions occurred in Kyiv, which, according to the Ukrainian army, were unrelated to the war.
Zelenskyi: The fight for Soledar is still going on
Russia claims it has taken control of the town of Soledar in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy the information in his nightly speech.
– The fierce battles for Donetsk continue, the battle for Bachmut and Soledar, for Kreminna and for other cities and villages in the eastern parts of our country, says President Zelenskyj in his speech on Saturday night, TT reports.
On Thursday, the American think tank Institute for the study of war (ISW) stated that Russian forces probably control most of Soledar.
ISW referred to video clips published by Russian military bloggers in which mercenaries from the paramilitary Wagner Group fighting for Russia are seen walking freely in central Soledar.
World record for Prince Harry’s memoirs
Prince Harry’s autobiography has broken world records. Photo: Kin Cheung/AP
Prince Harry’s autobiography “The Second” has set a world record, reports TT.
The book, released on January 10, is the fastest-selling non-fiction book ever, according to Guinness World Records.
The book, whose original title is “Spare”, sold over 1.4 million copies on the first day alone in the US, UK and Canada. The previous record was held by Barack Obama’s book “A Promised Land”, which sold 887,000 copies on the day of publication.
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