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Public Health Advice Issued To U.K. Restaurant Goers Following Ex-Spy Poisoning

Health officials asked anyone who frequented a Salisbury restaurant and pub around the time Sergei and Yulia Skripal were found poisoned to wash their clothes and possessions.

One week after a Russian ex-spy and his daughter were found poisoned by a nerve agent in Salisbury, British officials are ramping up their probe into the attack, bringing military troops into the city and issuing their first public health advisory.

This after "trace contamination" was found in The Mill Pub and Zizzi Restaurant, England's Chief Medical Officer Sally Davies .

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