{"id":102246,"date":"2025-04-11T15:39:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T15:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=102246"},"modified":"2025-04-11T15:39:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T15:39:35","slug":"president-zardari-tests-negative-for-covid-to-remain-hospitalised-few-more-days-dr-asim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2025\/102246\/","title":{"rendered":"President Zardari tests negative for COVID, to remain hospitalised few more days: Dr Asim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pakistan(National Times)- KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari is showing signs of improvement in his treatment, his physician Dr Asim Hussain told\u00a0<em>Geo News<\/em>\u00a0on Friday. The president has tested negative for COVID-19 on a rapid test but remains under the care of infectious disease specialists, Dr Asim said in a phone conversation with\u00a0<em>Geo News<\/em>.Physiotherapy is also being administered as part of the recovery process, and the president is expected to remain hospitalised for another couple of days, the doctor added. Doctors have not yet allowed any visitors to meet President Zardari during his stay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan(National Times)- KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari is showing signs of improvement in his treatment, his physician Dr Asim Hussain told\u00a0Geo News\u00a0on Friday. The president has tested negative for COVID-19 on a rapid test but remains under the care of infectious disease specialists, Dr Asim said in a phone conversation with\u00a0Geo News.Physiotherapy is also being [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":102247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>President Zardari tests negative for COVID, to remain hospitalised few more days: Dr Asim - Nation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2025\/102246\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"President Zardari tests negative for COVID, to remain hospitalised few more days: Dr Asim - Nation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pakistan(National Times)- KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari is showing signs of improvement in his treatment, his physician Dr Asim Hussain told\u00a0Geo News\u00a0on Friday. 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