A pizza delivery boy in South Delhi's Malvia Nagar has tested positive for coronavirus, leading all the families he came in contact with to be quarantined.

The 19-year-old delivery boy, who is a resident of Savitri Nagar area in Malviya Nagar, had reportedly been showing symptoms for nearly 20 days before he tested positive for the virus. Authorities have traced 72 families in Malviya Nagar, Hauz Khas area that he had delivered pizzas to and came in contact with in the past 20 days. These families have now been issued home quarantine orders as well, along with 17 other delivery boys who worked with him. The test results for the boy came back positive on April 14. Zomato, that had taken a number of orders from the restaurant the delivery boy worked in has made a statement on the issue, which read, "We are not sure whether the rider was affected at the time of delivery. At Zomato's end, we are leaving no stone unturned to make sure that our customers, our delivery partners and our restaurant partners are safe. COVID-19 could happen to anyone - and it is near impossible for all of us to completely isolate ourselves, especially when we need outside support for essentials such as food. We believe that none of our riders should and would knowingly keep working if they knew they were infected with COVID-19."

Meanwhile, the concerned restaurant has shut its branch for 14 days. They reportedly stated, "After all precautions and vigilance, in an unfortunate turn of events, a delivery partner of our Malviya Nagar kitchen in South Delhi had tested COVID positive yesterday. We have shared all required information with authorities and they have reached out to all customers who had come in indirect contact with the affected. While we serve the society, one of our delivery partners has taken the hit. We stand by him and are doing everything to support him."