All 'high risk contacts' of Delhi's pizza delivery executive test negative

After a 19-year-old pizza delivery executive in South Delhi district here tested positive for COVID-19, all his 16 'high risk contacts' have tested negative for the virus, the administration said on Monday.

According to B.M. Mishra, District Magistrate (South) no person in the 72 houses within a five-kilometre radius of Malviya Nagar, where the executive delivered food, has developed any symptoms.

"All high risk contacts (16 people) of the pizza delivery executive, including the owner of the eatery where he worked and other workers, have tested negative," the DM said.

Last week, the delivery executive associated with a pizza chain was tested positive for coronavirus.

After the executive tested positive on Tuesday, the authorities immediately decided to quarantine his 16 colleagues at the outlet. So far, Delhi has recorded more than 2,000 coronavirus cases with 45 deaths.