The Canadian government last month gave more than $800,000 for a project involving the Wuhan virus lab in China, that many intelligence officials blame for the coronavirus outbreak..Fox News reported this week there is increasing confidence in the intelligence and medical community the Covid-19 virus escaped from that lab via a worker there..Despite that being the speculation for months, the Canadian government last month gave $828,046 to a project to develop a rapid coronavirus test. Among the organizations on the project was the Wuhan Institute of Virology..“The collaborative research is conducted by a multi-disciplinary team of virologists, chemists, infectious disease specialists, front-line practitioners, and public health researchers from the University of Alberta, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, and Wuhan Institute of Virology (China),” the March 6 Canadian government release read..“Our team members in Wuhan who currently perform the standard diagnostic tests will lead this effort. Once validated and approved, the new diagnostic tools will be used to support screening and diagnosis of COVID-19 at the community level.”.The money was part of the Liberals announcement for $27 million in coronavirus research..“Our government knows that science is at the heart of innovation and a top priority to keep Canadians safe and healthy. Today’s investment will go a long way to help support life-saving research, as we collaborate with international partners to manage the coronavirus outbreak,” said Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry..Dr. Theresa Tam, Chief Public Health Officer of Canada said: “Research is a vital component of the response to emerging disease outbreaks. The research to be undertaken by the successful teams will help to answer some of our most pressing questions about COVID-19 and help to develop the tools we need to effectively respond to this global public health emergency.”.The news that Canada gave money to the Wuhan lab, first reported by Rebel News, comes as it was revealed the U.S. has sent millions of dollars to the same facility..“There is zero doubt that the Chinese communist government has American blood on its hands. They put American lives at risk by covering up the origin and scope of the coronavirus crisis,” Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz. told Fox News Thursday..One grant for research on bat coronaviruses has received $3.7 million and another grant involving injecting viruses into mice’s brains got $3.4 million, Fox reported..This week the Washington Post obtained a report that called into question the safety of the lab..“During interactions with scientists at the WIV laboratory, they noted the new lab has a serious shortage of appropriately trained technicians and investigators needed to safely operate this high-containment laboratory,” a January 2018 State Department cable obtained by the Post reads..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westewrnstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
