Khaleda tests negative for COVID-19
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia finally tested negative for COVID-19, 27 days after she have been infected with the deadly virus.
"Madam (Khaleda) underwent the Covid test on Saturday and her report arrived negative," the BNP chief's medical board member Dr AZM Zahid Hossain told UNB early Sunday, reports UNB.
Another physician of her medical board said, "Madam is still being given oxygen support though her overall condition marked just a little improvement. Her oxygen level is decreasing to 90 percent when there is no oxygen support," he said.
The physician, wishing anonymity, said although amount of fluid in her lungs has decreased, It's still being extracted from her lungs which is now a matter of concern.
He said the BNP chief's blood sugar level is slowly but surely coming in order while pain in her joins has relieved significantly.
The 76-year-old BNP chief, who tested positive for Covid-19 for the next time on April 24, was admitted to Evercare Hospital on April 27 for an intensive health checkup.
She was shifted to the CCU of a healthcare facility with shortness of breath on Monday last.
On April 28, a 10-member medical board, headed by Prof Shahabuddin Talukder, was formed for the treating Khaleda at the Evercare Hospital a day after her admission there.
Khaleda Zia tested positive for Covid-19 on April 11 as eight people at her residence were infected with the virus. She underwent the next Covid-19 test on April 24 and her report was positive.
Amid the coronavirus outbreak, the federal government freed Khaleda Zia from jail for half a year via an executive order suspending her sentences on March 25 last year.
