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Two policemen are stationed outside of the Accident and Emergency department of Great Western Hospital in Swindon.

Parts of the hospital are on lockdown.

Wiltshire Police are aware of the incident and are not commenting at this time.

The Swindon Advertiser reported tonight that the patient had now been moved to Salisbury District Hospital.

“The police officer admitted himself to the hospital as he was feeling unwell and was concerned about his symptoms," a source told The Sun.

"He is not seriously ill but medical staff are checking him over.”

A Salisbury District Hospital spokesperson said: "A police officer attended Great Western Hospital this evening for medical advice in connection with the ongoing incident in Amesbury. There is nothing to suggest there is any wider risk to anyone at the hospital.

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"The individual is now being taken to Salisbury District Hospital which has the ability to carry out the appropriate specialist tests. Salisbury District Hospital has seen a number of members of the public who have come to the hospital with health concerns since this incident started and none have required any treatment.

"We would like to reiterate the advice from Public Health England that the risk to the wider public remains low."

The report of suspected nerve agent symptoms come just a week after a British couple were confirmed to have been poisoned using Novichok.

Forensic investigators are continuing to comb for clues in Wiltshire.

Charlie Rowley, 45, and Dawn Sturgess, 44, fell ill in Amesbury on Saturday – and were left in a "zombie state".

They were initially believed to have been under the influence of drugs – but police later confirmed they had been affected by Novichok.

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Police insisted nobody else was affected by the nerve agent.

It was the same substance used to poison Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.

Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said in a statement at the time: "This evening we have received test results from Porton Down that show the two people have been exposed to the nerve agent Novichok.

"At approximately 10:15am on Saturday, June 30, the South West Ambulance Service was called to a residential address in Amesbury, where a 44-year-old woman had collapsed. She was subsequently taken to hospital.

"At around 15:30hrs that day, the ambulance service was called back to the same address, where a 45-year-old man had also fallen ill.

"The man was taken to hospital and Wiltshire Police were informed. From initial assessment it was thought that the two patients had fallen ill after using drugs from a potentially contaminated batch.

"However, on Monday, 2 July, due to concerns over the symptoms the man and woman were displaying, samples from both patients were sent to Porton Down laboratory for analysis.

"Following the detailed analysis of these samples, we can confirm that the man and woman have been exposed to the nerve agent Novichok, which has been identified as the same nerve agent that contaminated both Yulia and Sergei Skripal."