Fears Australian military personnel will be harmed by coronavirus drug trials

Labor and Jacqui Lambie ask for trials of anti-malarial drugs with known side-effects to be truly voluntary

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Labor, the crossbench senator Jacqui Lambie and experts have urged Defence to avoid exposing military personnel to harm while using them to test potential Covid-19 drugs.

The Australian defence force is using its members for a clinical trial of chloroquine, an anti-malarial drug, as a potential "preventative measure against Covid-19".