A section of Salisbury town centre has been cordoned off after two people were taken ill in a restaurant with symptoms “consistent with Novichok poisoning”. Wiltshire Police said the area surrounding Prezzo restaurant has been closed while they work to establish what caused the “medical incident” involving a man and a woman on Sunday. A source briefed by the emergency services said medics alerted the police because the symptoms were consistent with Novichok poisoning, but stressed the symptoms could be caused by other reasons. “The ambulance crew at the site took the decision that the symptoms seemed consistent with Novichok poisoning which is why they called their colleagues in the police,” the source said. She called paramedics and the next thing an ambulance turns up and they come rushing in,” the unnamed witness said.

Source: Huffington Post September 16, 2018 19:06 UTC