What do we know about the new intoxication in England?

Some experts claim that the poison found in the two British could come from the same batch as the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia nearly killed a few months ago. The pair of this new case is still in critical condition

British police investigate a new case of poisoning with the Novichok nerve agent in the Salisbury area in southern England, where the same drug product was found. Russian origin had left a former Soviet spy and his daughter C is what is known up to here.

– Poison –

Police announced on July 4 that two Britons found in critical condition 15 km from Salisbury – where Skripal and his daughter were poisoned in March – exposed to the same neurotoxic agent, Novichok.

"There is no evidence that man and woman, were the object of an attack. they will determine if it comes from the same lot, "the police said.

Andrea Sella, professor of inorganic chemistry at the UCL University of London, does not rule out that they are from the same batch. This type of nerve agent " is designed to be persistent, does not evaporate and does not decompose rapidly, which means that if a container or surface has been contaminated by this substance, there is danger ", states

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– The couple –

The people affected were Charlie Rowley and Dawn Sturgess, both 44 years old. The first lives near Salisbury and the woman lives in a home for the homeless. According to a friend, neither of them were working and were missing one and the other from their home

– The investigation –

The anti-terrorist police responsible for investigating this case, as in the case Skripal. "The possibility that the two investigations are linked is clearly one of our clues," according to British counterterrorism chief Neil Basu.

"The researchers' priority is to determine how these two people came in contact with the nerve agent," he added. Several places frequented by victims have been closed to the public, including a park and a homeless center

– The risk to the public –

The risk to the public is "low" according to the police, but the random nature of the contamination raises several questions for the population of the city of Salisbury, who thought he had left behind the Skripal case

The Public Health Agency Public Health England (PHE) advised " as precautionary "who were in the same places as the victims, between Friday and Saturday, who put their clothes to wash in the washing machine, as well as cleaning the mobiles and bags with wipes and washing the jewelry with water and soap.

Sally Davies, Chief Medical Officer of the PHE, also asked people "to be careful when picking up unknown or dangerous objects like needles or syringes".

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– The Prediction –

The couple is still in critical condition at the Salisbury Hospital, where the Skripal were admitted along with the first policeman who followed Nick Bailey. All three survived after hard medical treatment.

– Theresa May stands in solidarity –

British Prime Minister Theresa May has expressed her solidarity today with the two drunk with Novichok, and has pledged her full support to the local Wiltshire community. statement, May noted that after the "impetuous and reckless" badbadination attempt of the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia at Salisbury, "the population is facing the consequences of two people exposed to the nerve agent. "