Coronavirus Outbreak: 16 'High-Risk' Contacts Of Infected Delhi Pizza Delivery Boy Test Negative

The 19-year-old pizza delivery boy had tested positive for the virus on April 14, prompting authorities to put 72 families he delivered pizza under home quarantine

The families in the 72 houses were told to self-quarantine as the delivery boy, and his colleagues had visited the houses. (Representative Image/ Getty)

New Delhi: The sixteen "high-risk contacts" of a pizza delivery agent, who was infected with COVID-19 last week, have tested negative for Coronavirus in south Delhi. The 19-year-old pizza delivery boy had tested positive for the virus on April 14, prompting authorities to put 72 families he delivered pizza under home quarantine. B.M. Mishra, South Delhi’s district magistrate told news agency IANS that no person in the 72 houses within a 5 km radius of Malviya Nagar, where the boy delivered food, has developed any symptom of the dreaded disease. The DM further added, "All high-risk contacts (16 people) of the pizza delivery boy, including the owner of the eatery where he worked and other workers, have tested negative,". Mishra said, “Also, none of the 72 low-risk contacts to whom the infected person had delivered food over the past one month have shown any COVID-19 symptoms so far. But, they will continue to be under home quarantine and are being strictly monitored,”. After the delivery boy associated with a pizza chain tested positive last Tuesday, the authorities immediately decided to quarantine his 16 colleagues at the outlet. Apart from the high-risk contacts, the administration has also listed people living in 72 houses where food was delivered under the row risk contacts. The families in the 72 houses were told to self-quarantine as the delivery boy, and his colleagues had visited the houses. The delivery agent was feeling unwell for some time and had a persistent cough since the third week of March. Later, he approached a hospital where he tested positive for the Coronavirus infection. So far, Delhi has recorded more than 2,003 Coronavirus cases while 45 people have succumbed to the virus.