Risk to UK public remains low after poisoning

11 March 2018, 3:03 pm

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LONDON — British health officials say the risk to public health after the poisoning of a Russian ex-spy remains low.

Dr. Jenny Harries of Public Health England says Sunday there has been some limited contamination of a restaurant and pub in Salisbury following the nerve agent attack.

She says people who were in the restaurant and pub on March 4 and March 5 should take “simple” precautions by washing their clothes and taking other measures.

Harries says the announcement of these precautions doesn’t mean the risk level to the public has been raised.

Hospital officials in Salisbury also say there is no evidence of a wider risk beyond the three people hospitalized since the attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.

— AP