Mumbai: Coronavirus has claimed the life of a 39-year-old 'dabbawala' (tiffin carrier) in Mumbai, the first from the fraternity to succumb to the infection, an officer-bearer said on Thursday.Talking to PTI, president of the Mumbai Dabbawala Association, Subhash Talekar, said that he died due to the infection at Nair Hospital on Wednesday evening."He was a resident of Malad, where coronavirus positive cases have seen a sharp increase.
He is survived by his wife and a five year-old son," he said.His wife has been quarantined now, Talekar said.Due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown, the business of the city's dabbawalas has been severely impacted as they depend on lakhs of daily customers."Since the last four months, dabbawalas have been.