Man tests positive for radiation (Scaramella - Italian contact)

Italian Mario Scaramella, a contact of dead ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko, has tested positive for polonium-210.

Mr Scaramella is not thought to be suffering symptoms but significant amounts of the substance are understood to have been found in the academic.

He met Mr Litvinenko at sushi restaurant Itsu in central London on the day he fell ill.

Meanwhile, the post-mortem examination on Mr Litvinenko, a former KGB agent, has started.

Those present at the examination at the Royal London Hospital, in east London, will wear protective clothing to avoid contamination by traces of the polonium-210 isotope.

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