The Public Health Agency of Canada had asked the RCMP to get involved several months earlier. Qiu is a prominent virologist who helped develop ZMapp, a treatment for the deadly Ebola virus which killed more than 11,000 people in West Africa between 2014-2016. All of this has led to conspiracy theories linking the novel coronavirus responsible for COVID-19, Canada's microbiology lab, and the lab in Wuhan. PHAC said the National Microbiology Lab routinely shares samples with other public public health labs. At the time, Public Health Agency spokesperson Morrissette said the department was taking steps to resolve this case as quickly as possible.

Source: CBC News June 14, 2020 08:01 UTC