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Bangladesh: Ex-PM Khaleda Zia tests COVID-19 positive

| @indiablooms | Apr 12, 2021, at 01:29 am

Dhaka: Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has tested COVID-19 positive, media reports said.

According to reports, the BNP chief is asymptomatic.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday told Dhaka Tribune their party chairperson’s condition is completely stable with no symptoms of Covid-19, though she has tested positive for the virus.

“Our leader Khaleda Zia has undergone a coronavirus test. Her samples were taken to icddr,b on Saturday. We came to know her report is positive for the virus,” said BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.

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