Man regains consciousness after deadly Novichok agent attack
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charlie rowley the englishman who was exposed to the deadly nerve agent novichok last week has regainedconsciousness1 according to hospital officials the 45-year-old rowley woke up tuesday at salisbury hospital in london with small but significant improvement1 report also said rowley was still in critical but stable condition since he was exposed to the poison1 charlie is still very unwell the hospital said1 rowley along with his partner 44-year-old dawn sturgess were on june 30 at a home in amesbury london exposed to novichok a military-grade nerve agent produced in the soviet union during the cold war1 sturgessdied on sunday leaving behind her three children as authorities quickly launched an investigation into her death1 police have said their working theory is that the couples exposure to the poison was linked to a recent attack on ex-russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia1 skripal a former russian intelligence officer once convicted in his homeland of spying for britain was attacked with novichok at his home in salisbury a city roughly 10 miles south of amesbury where his daughter had been visiting him1 the two spent weeks in critical condition but have since been discharged from the hospital1