China says it won't politicize scientific research in the case of two scientists fired from Canada's only Level 4 lab, amid an RCMP investigation, demands for details in Parliament, and concerns it could be a case of Chinese espionage.
OTTAWA The Conservatives are forcing members of Parliament to vote on whether to compel the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) to turn over documents related to the shipping of viruses sent to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in 2019 and the subsequent firing of two scientists. The party’s opposition day motion, sponsored by MP Michael Chong, seeks explanation on why Dr. Xiangguo Qiu and Dr. Keding Cheng were escorted out of Winnipeg’s National Microbiology Laboratory in July 2019 and terminated 18 months later by the agency. The Conservatives have long questioned whether that event is linked to the fact that four months before their removal, Qiu had been responsible for a shipment of Ebola and Henipah viruses to China s Wuhan Institute of Virology.
illogicality because to you create a dangerous coronavirus in bsl2 your safety precautions may be inadequate and it may well escape. mark: so in this lab the wuhan lab, they re working on viruses. i m putting this in marks plain english viruses that could become more killer viruses more lethal viruses to human beings. the level of safety in this lab one, two, three, four being highest is a two, and i want to ask you a couple of other questions related to this, sir. who was peter dazic. has an important role in this story he s the president of an organization in new york called the ecohealth alliance. and it is main concern is to study animal viruses around the world that might turn into human
illogicality because to you create a dangerous coronavirus in bsl2 your safety precautions may be inadequate and it may well escape. mark: so in this lab the wuhan lab, they re working on viruses. i m putting this in marks plain english viruses that could become more killer viruses more lethal viruses to human beings. the level of safety in this lab one, two, three, four being highest is a two, and i want to ask you a couple of other questions related to this, sir. who was peter dazic. has an important role in this story he s the president of an organization in new york called the ecohealth alliance. and it is main concern is to study animal viruses around the world that might turn into human pathogens.
We Will ‘Get to Bottom of This’: MP Genuis on Transfer of Deadly Viruses From Canada to Wuhan Lab
Conservative MP Garnett Genuis says he is committed to getting to the bottom of the case regarding the transfer of deadly viruses from a lab in Canada to the Chinese military-affiliated Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV).
Two Chinese scientists, Xiangguo Qiu and her husband Keding Cheng, and some of Qiu’s students from China, were escorted from the National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) and stripped of their security access on July 5, 2019.
The Winnipeg lab Canada’s highest security Level 4 lab, works with some of the deadliest human and animal pathogens, such as Ebola.