Skripal is no longer in a critical condition following last month’s nerve agent attack, Salisbury District Hospital says.
The former Russian double agent is responding well to treatment and is improving rapidly, Dr Christine Blanshard, medical director at the hospital said.
The pair were rushed to hospital after shoppers found them collapsed on a bench at The Maltings shopping centre on 4 March.
On Thursday, in her first statement since she and her father were poisoned, Ms Skripal revealed she woke up over a week ago and her strength is growing daily.
Dr Blanshard said any speculation on when she might be well enough to leave hospital will be just that speculation.
The Russian Embassy in London tweeted in response: Good news
The latest update on the Skripal’s recovery comes as a relative in Moscow revealed she wants to visit her uncle and cousin but thinks Britain will stop her from coming over.
She said she was pretty sure she would not be given a visa despite the efforts of her compatriots.
She reportedly received a phone call from Yulia on Wednesday night who told her everything is fine and that I will be discharged soon, adding that her father was resting, sleeping.
Viktoria recorded the conversation and it was broadcast on Russian state TV, but its authenticity cannot be verified.
Russia TV airs Skripal niece’s ‘call with Yulia’ Meanwhile, the war of words continued between Britain and Russia, with Moscow warning the UK it is playing with fire and will be sorry during a second showdown in New York over the attempted murders.
Russia’s UN envoy Vasily Nebenzya told the Security Council that characters in Midsomer Murders knew hundreds of very clever ways of killing someone, but those who sought to kill the Skripals supposedly chose an extremely toxic chemical substance, the most risky, dangerous method possible and didn’t really finish the job.
Skripal thanks the people of Salisbury In another literary nod, he sarcastically likened the British accusations to the queen from Alice In Wonderland who demands the sentence first verdict afterward.
British ambassador Karen Pierce hit back, saying she would take no lectures from Moscow and would stick to the facts during the terse exchanges.