London, Sep 17 : Two persons have fallen ill at a restaurant in Salisbury, a British city where former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia had suffered a Novichok nerve agent poisoning earlier this year, prompting police to launch an investigation into the incident.
Wiltshire Police declared a major incident after a man in his 40s and a woman in her 30s became ill at Prezzo in High Street on Sunday evening.
Nearby streets were cordoned off "due to recent events" in the city, but restrictions have now been lifted.
Later police said they were no longer treating the illness as a major incident.
"Due to recent events in the city and concerns that the pair had been exposed to an unknown substance, a highly precautionary approach was taken by all emergency services," A Wiltshire Police statement said.
Salisbury is in south-west England where Skripal and his daughter Yulia had suffered a Novichok nerve agent poisoning in March.
In June two Amesbury residents fell ill after being exposed to the same nerve agent. Dawn Sturgess, 44, died and a murder inquiry was launched.
The UK government has accused two Russian men, Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, of attempting to kill the Skripals. Russia has denied any involvement in the poisoning.PTI
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