Top official says reputation of Canada’s Level-4 lab is unharmed by clandestine activities of two fired scientists

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Open this photo in gallery: The National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg on Feb. 28.Shannon VanRaes /The Globe and Mail A top Public Health Agency of Canada official says there was no reason to discipline anyone other than two fired scientists for security breaches at the country’s only infectious-disease facility and these lapses have not harmed the reputation of the National Microbiology Laboratory. Heather Jeffrey, president of PHAC, was grilled Friday by MPs on the Canada-China Committee about weak security measures at the Winnipeg lab that enabled Xiangguo Qiu and her husband Keding Cheng to pass on confidential scientific information to...