Pizza delivery agent tests positive, over 80 quarantined in south Delhi

The pizza delivery agent was feeling unwell for some time along with a persistent cough since the third week of March

More than 80 people have been quarantined after a pizza delivery agent tested positive for coronavirus in south Delhi. The authorities are considering clinical screening of all food delivery personnel in the area to trace the contacts and prevent further spread. 

The 19-year-old tested positive for the virus on April 14. A total of 72 people whom he delivered pizza to have been put under home quarantine, PTI quoted B M Mishra, district magistrate of South Delhi as saying. "In view of this incident, we are considering that all those involved in-home delivery of food are put through clinical screening