After the 44-year-old Don Sturgess died in the Salisbury hospital, presumably from the poisoning agent "Novice", a new panic burst in Britain. A chemist from the University of London, Andrea Cella, told The Wired that it is not yet known exactly how the "Novice" subtype was poisoned by Sturgess and her friend Charlie Rowley. It is also unknown where they found the poisoned items. Friends of the couple say that Rowley and Sturgess often examined the garbage containers in search of something that can be sold. The head of the counter-terrorist operation, Neil Bazu, believes that the victims found a container or some vessel with the "Novic", and therefore received such a high dose of a poisonous substance. Although the authorities reassure local residents, claiming that the "Rookie" does not pose a serious threat to health, chemists hold a different opinion. Substances of this class are resistant to moisture, at room temperature they exist as a liquid and do not evaporate. According to Sella, if Salisbury residents do not inhale the "Beginner" or touch it, they will be out of danger. However, it is difficult to assume that people can be forced to not breathe.

Now in Amesbury the streets are closed, next to the place where the dead Don Sturgess lived. Poisoned by the poison Charlie Rowley is in hospital in critical condition. Sturgess and Rowley were found on June 30 in Amesbury, on their hands a high concentration of a poison agent. In the English city of Salisbury in the beginning of March the former officer of the GRU Sergey Skripal and his daughter Julia were poisoned with the substance "Novice". Official London said that the incident is Moscow. Russia categorically denies membership to the state of emergency. The Scandal with the Violins caused a wide international response - more than 20 countries sent more than 100 Russian diplomats.