Officials Summoned to Explain Failure to Produce Documents Regarding Transfer of Viruses to Wuhan Lab

A Commons committee is calling on the Public Health Agency Canada (PHAC) and National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) to explain why it has not provided unredacted documents regarding the transfer of deadly viruses to China’s Wuhan laboratory, after the agency and lab missed its 20-day deadline to provide the documents. The Canada-China Relations Committee (CACN) unanimously agreed Monday to summon PHAC president Iain Stewart and NML acting vice-president Dr. Guillaume Poliquin to appear before the committee on May 10, to explain why they have not provided unredacted documents regarding the transfer of Ebola and Henipah viruses to the Chinese military-affiliated Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) before the deadline.-- More...