Fired Winnipeg Scientist Involved in Gain-of-Function Research at Wuhan Lab, Where Canada Sent Virus Samples

Xiangguo Qiu, one of the scientists who was fired from Winnipeg’s high-security laboratory, was involved in gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, a recently declassified intelligence document shows. The document also shows that Ms. Qiu was advised she should conceal her project with the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) from her management at the National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg, as the WIV had asked for virus samples from the Canadian lab. The document, compiled by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), is part of a 600-page package on the firing of the two scientists that was recently released after years of requests by MPs....