Two Scientists Fired From Top Canadian Laboratory Amid Police Investigation

Two Scientists Fired From Top Canadian Laboratory Amid Police Investigation
The National Microbiology Laboratory is shown in Winnipeg on May 19, 2009. John Woods/The Canadian Press
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A prominent Chinese Canadian scientist and her husband have been fired by the Public Health Agency of Canada after they were evicted from the National Microbiology Laboratory under a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) investigation that remains largely a mystery.

“The two scientists are no longer employed by the Public Health Agency of Canada as of Jan. 20, 2021,” Eric Morrissette, chief of media relations for Health Canada and Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), told CBC News in an email on Feb. 5.