Wiltshire policeman given all clear on Novichok scared

The Wiltshire officer was treated just a short distance from Amesbury where Dawn Sturgess, 44, and his partner Charlie Rowley, 45, became ill last Saturday.

They remain in critical condition after being exposed to Novichok by handling a contaminated object.

The officer was cleared at the Salisbury District Hospital

The Wiltshire Police confirmed that one of his agents had "consulted a doctor" at the # 39, hospital as part of a "precautionary measure". said: "There is no indication that there is a greater risk for anyone in the hospital."

The spokesman added that the hospital had "the ability to perform the appropriate specialized tests."

"Salisbury District Hospital has seen a number of members of the public who have come to the hospital with health problems since the beginning of this incident and no one needs treatment.

"We would like to reiterate the opinion of Public Health England (PHE) that the

emergency department of the Great Western Hospital in Swindon, where the officer had first attended, had been closed but reopened to 22:00 Eastern Standard Time

A poisoning operation by Mr. Rowley and Ms. Sturgess is expected to take months as the police review more than 1,300 hours of CCTV.

Police are conducting research on the object that allegedly exposed the pair to Novichok.

However, BBC correspondent Frank Gardner says the hunt was hampered by the heatwave, with chemical weapons experts wearing Hazmat suits only being able to spend a few minutes in the heat. inside the property. Items identified by the police include Muggleton Road, Boots Pharmacy and Amesbury Baptist Church; John Baker House and Queen Elizabeth Gardens in Salisbury

PHE issued "precautionary statements" for anyone visiting these locations to wash worn clothes with ordinary, normal-temperature detergent and wipe off items such as phones and handbags . comes months after the poisoning of the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.

Interior Minister Sajid Javid said that the "strong working hypothesis" was that the couple had been in contact with Novichok in a place that had not been cleaned up after Poisoning of Skripal

. continued "and accused the country of using Britain as a" poison dump. "

The Russian Embassy accused the United Kingdom of trying to" to frighten one's own citizens. "