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06/12/2006
Italian leaves hospital following radiation tests
Mario Scaramella, the Italian academic who met with former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko on the day he fell ill, has reportedly left hospital.
Mr Scaramella had been under observation in hospital after testing positive for polonium 210 - the same substance which was found in the body of Mr Litvinenko who died in hospital on November 23.
Mr Scaramella, who is involved in an Italian inquiry into KGB activity in the country, did not show any signs of poisoning as Mr Litvinenko had, doctors said.
Mr Litvinenko had met with Mr Scaramella at the Itsu sushi restaurant in Piccadilly on November 1 - the day he fell ill.
The Health Protection Agency confirmed that all the staff in restaurant had tested negative for radiation poisoning.
It was also revealed that traces of polonium 210 had been found at Arsenal's new Emirates stadium in Highbury, north London. However, the HPA said that there was no risk to public health.
Traces of polonium 210 have been found in several other locations across London.
British police arrived in Moscow on Monday to continue their investigation. On Tuesday, it was reported that officers were preparing to interview Andrei Lugovoi, a former KGB officer who also met with Mr Litvinenko on the day he fell ill.
Friends of Mr Litvinenko have claimed that he was poisoned on the orders of the Russian government - claims that have been dismissed by the Kremlin as "sheer nonsense". Russia's foreign intelligence service, the SVR, have also denied any involvement in Mr Litvinenko's death.
(KMcA)
Mr Scaramella had been under observation in hospital after testing positive for polonium 210 - the same substance which was found in the body of Mr Litvinenko who died in hospital on November 23.
Mr Scaramella, who is involved in an Italian inquiry into KGB activity in the country, did not show any signs of poisoning as Mr Litvinenko had, doctors said.
Mr Litvinenko had met with Mr Scaramella at the Itsu sushi restaurant in Piccadilly on November 1 - the day he fell ill.
The Health Protection Agency confirmed that all the staff in restaurant had tested negative for radiation poisoning.
It was also revealed that traces of polonium 210 had been found at Arsenal's new Emirates stadium in Highbury, north London. However, the HPA said that there was no risk to public health.
Traces of polonium 210 have been found in several other locations across London.
British police arrived in Moscow on Monday to continue their investigation. On Tuesday, it was reported that officers were preparing to interview Andrei Lugovoi, a former KGB officer who also met with Mr Litvinenko on the day he fell ill.
Friends of Mr Litvinenko have claimed that he was poisoned on the orders of the Russian government - claims that have been dismissed by the Kremlin as "sheer nonsense". Russia's foreign intelligence service, the SVR, have also denied any involvement in Mr Litvinenko's death.
(KMcA)
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