Over 70 families sent to quarantine after food delivery boy tests positive for COVID-19
New Delhi: A 19-year old young food delivery agent working for a restaurant has tested positive for the deadly coronavirus creating sense of panic among 72 families who have been asked to quarantine.
The delivery boy had reportedly delivered food in Malviya Nagar till last Sunday before he fell sick. He has been admitted to the government-run RML hospital.
In the last 15 days that he worked, he delivered to 72 families in areas like Hauz Khas, Malviya Nagar and Savitri Nagar. These families have been home quarantined and are being monitored, according to BM Mishra, district collector, south Delhi.
Seventeen more delivery boys who came in contact with the teen have been quarantined at a facility in Chhattarpur.
The restaurant where the rider worked has shut the branch for 14 days. In a statement, it said it had maintained all COVID-19 protocol but a delivery partner had been infected. "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," the restaurant said.
"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," added the eatery.
The officials however clarified that the young boy had no travel history and that he might have infected with the virus while delivering food to any infected family.
"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," said Zomato, asserting that it was maintaining all precautions.
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Trump says he ‘hasn’t even thought about’ continuing Iran ceasefire
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he has not yet considered whether he would continue the ceasefire involving Iran, while also claiming the United States holds the advantage in negotiations.
Speaking to reporters, Trump said he was prepared to make a deal with “whoever is running the show” in Iran.
“They are fighting with each other, there’s tremendous infighting. They’re probably fighting for leadership in many cases. I think they’re fighting not to be leader because we knocked out two levels of leaders,” he said.
Trump added, “When they want they can call me. We have all the cards, we’ve won everything.”
Referring to ongoing negotiations, he said, “They gave us a paper that should’ve been better. And, interestingly, immediately when I cancelled it [envoy trip to Pakistan], within 10 minutes we got a new paper that was much better.”
“We talked about they will not have a nuclear weapon, very simple … They offered a lot, but not enough,” he added.
When asked whether he would continue the ceasefire, Trump replied, “I haven’t even thought about it.”
The remarks come as uncertainty remains over the future of the temporary truce and broader negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
