Doctor: Khaleda recovers from Covid-19 vaccine side effects

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has recovered from fever and body pain that she experienced as side effects after taking the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

However, Khaleda is still suffering from heart, lung, and some other complications, said BNP chief’s personal physician Dr Al Mamun, on Friday.

The 76-year-old former prime minister, who recovered from Covid-19 two months back, has now been receiving medical treatment at her Gulshan house.

On July 19, Khaleda received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine (Moderna) at Sheikh Russel Gastro Liver Institute and Hospital in Dhaka. She is scheduled to get the second dose of the vaccine on August 19.

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On April 11, she tested positive for Covid-19 and was admitted to Evercare Hospital on April 27.

Later, the BNP chief tested negative for Covid-19 on May 8, 27 days after she had been infected with the deadly virus.

On June 19, she got back home from the hospital after 53 days of treatment for Covid-19 infections and other physical complications.

Amid the coronavirus outbreak, the government temporarily freed Khaleda Zia from jail through an executive order suspending her sentences on March 25 last year.