University severs ties with two researchers who were escorted out of National Microbiology Lab "The University of Manitoba has cut ties with two researchers who were escorted out the National Microbiology Lab (NML) in Winnipeg earlier this month until an RCMP investigation is complete. Dr. Xiangguo Qiu is a medical doctor and virologist who helped develop ZMapp, a treatment for the deadly Ebola virus. her husband, Keding Cheng, has also ended as the police investigation continues, Danakas said. He is a biologist who has also done a lot of work on Ebola. According to sources inside the NML, Qiu, Cheng and an unknown number of her students from China were removed from the lab on July 5. The level-4 virology facility — the only one in Canada — is equipped to work with the most serious and deadly human and animal diseases. Security access for the couple and the Chinese students was revoked.  She was also an adjunct professor in the university's department of medical microbiology."  https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/lab-researcher-rcmp-national-microbiology-lab-1.5212851  Questions Surround Canadian Shipment of Deadly Viruses to China "Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory shipped Ebola and Henipah viruses to Beijing on March 31, raising suspicions from experts in biochemical warfare, who say they think China may use the pathogens to develop offensive biological agents. The same lab is the focus of an ongoing investigation by the RCMP. The inquiry began following the recent dismissal of the head of the National Microbiology Laboratory’s (NML) Vaccine Development and Antiviral Therapies section in the Special Pathogens Program, virologist Xiangguo Qiu. Qiu, her colleague and husband Keding Cheng, and a number of her international students lost security clearance to their lab on July 5."  https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/questions-surround-canadian-shipment-of-deadly-viruses-to-china-66254