JAKARTA — Medical experts have criticized the unsolicited involvement of Indonesia’s Intelligence Unit (BIN) and Army in efforts to find a cure for Covid-19, saying the associated clinical trials breached international protocols. Responding to doctors who were perplexed by the involvement of an intelligence agency in a medical endeavor, General Bambang said: “We initiated it. In the ensuing clinical trials, they applied three of these five combinations. Researchers have to specify inclusion and exclusion criteria for participation in every clinical trial, factoring in the participants’ age, sex, and previous medical history. The volunteers in the University of Airlangga’s trial came from Secapa, the army’s officer candidate school.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 19, 2020 09:00 UTC