BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's medical check-up is yet to be completed and she needs to stay in hospital for a few more days.

Although she is physically stable and has no symptoms of Covid-19, her medical tests, due for more than one and a half years, will be done soon, her personal physician AZM Zahid Hossain told The Daily Star.

Asked how many days it take to complete, Zahid said, "All the tests cannot be completed within a day or two. So it will take time, but it cannot be said exactly when it will be done.

"The medical board examines Khaleda almost every day and also reviews the results of those conducted."

On Tuesday night, the former prime minister was admitted to the capital's Evercare Hospital under cardiologist Shahabuddin Talukdar.

Zahid said once all the tests are carried out, the reports will be reviewed and the medical board will decide her treatment plan accordingly.

The physician said as she was taken to hospital after a long time, doctors want to do all the necessary and regular medical tests.

The BNP chief has been suffering from arthritis, diabetics and ophthalmological problems.

Khaleda tested Covid-19 positive on April 11 and in the follow-up test on April 24, she tested positive again.

Asked whether she tested Covid-19 negative, the physician yesterday said she does not have any symptoms since April 27 and now she is being treated at non-Covid unit of the hospital.

Amid the coronavirus outbreak, the government on March 25 last year freed Khaleda from jail for six months through an executive order suspending her jail sentences in two graft cases.

She was released from the prison cell at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University the same day. Since then, Khaleda has been staying at her Gulshan residence.

The government extended her release period for six months on August 27 last year. It was extended for another six months on March 15 this year.

On February 8, 2018, the BNP chief was sent to the Old Dhaka Central Jail after a court sentenced her to five years' imprisonment in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case. The High Court later doubled her sentence.

Khaleda was found guilty in another graft case the same year. Her party, however, claims both the cases are politically motivated.