Update on public health issues related to the Polonium-210 incident
27 December 2006
The Itsu Sushi restaurant in Piccadilly is being decontaminated. Parts of the Millennium Hotel in Grosvenor Square are still closed to the public while tests for radioactive contamination continue. Tests are continuing for any residual radioactivity at a number of locations that Mr Litvinenko may have visited. We will be undertaking health risk assessments at these locations and following up as appropriate.
The Health Protection Agency is still asking anyone who was in the Itsu restaurant, or who was in The Pine Bar or the restaurant of the Millennium Hotel on 1 November to contact NHS Direct on 0845 4647 where they will be given advice on what to do.
If you are an overseas visitor and were in any of the above places on the dates listed you should email the Health Protection Agency for advice: overseasadvice@hpa.org.uk. If you do not have access to email you can contact NHS Direct on 0845 4647 but only via a mobile telephone.
Latest health advice on Polonium-210
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- Further information is available on www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk and www.hpa.org.uk
Last reviewed: 30 December 2008