A Canadian Connection To China's Wuhan Institute Of Virology

The National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg. (Trevor Lyons/CBC)  

CBC News: O'Toole wants an investigation of Winnipeg virus lab's ties to China 

Two scientists were fired after shipping samples of highly contagious pathogens to Wuhan Conservative 

Leader Erin O'Toole is demanding the Public Health Agency of Canada release documents that detail the relationship between Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg and the Wuhan Institute of Virology — an ill-fated partnership that resulted in two scientists being removed from the Winnipeg lab after they shipped samples of the Ebola and Henipah viruses to the lab in China. 

As CBC News first reported in 2019, Dr. Xiangguo Qiu, her husband Keding Cheng and a number of her students from China were escorted from Canada's only level-4 lab after one of them shipped samples of these highly contagious pathogens to Wuhan.  

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Update: House orders release of unredacted documents on viruses sent to Wuhan, firing of scientists -- CTV News  

WNU Editor: I for one would not be surprised if other Western countries, excluding Canada and the U.S., have a connection with China's Wuhan Institute Of Virology.

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