HEALTH CHIEFS CONFIRM NEW COVID-19 CASES
DELIVERY BUILDING EXTENSIVELY CLEANED
A MEMBER of staff at Royal Mail’s Grimsby delivery office has tested positive for Covid-19.
Royal Mail said the member of staff is now recuperating at home, and that everything is being done to keep people as safe as possible. The building has also been extensively cleaned since the positive test, and the office is now operating as normal.
To help keep people safe while working there, Royal Mail have put a number of preventative measures in place to protect both customers and staff members.
This includes social-distancing and contact-free delivery of parcels, as well as not making people sign for packages using hand-held devices. All staff have to stay two metres apart at all times, as well as moving to one person per delivery van. They have also been briefed on social distancing measures. According to Public Health England, no additional precautions ns are necessary for handling post or packages.
A Royal Mail Spokesperson said: “Royal Mail takes the health and safety of its colleagues, its customers and the local communities in which we operate very seriously.
“One of our colleagues recently tested positive for coronavirus at the Grimsby Delivery Office. He is now recuperating at home and we wish him a speedy recovery. We have carried out an intensive clean of the building. The office is operating as normal. Throughout this crisis, every decision we make puts the health of our people and customers first. We have put in place a range of preventive measures to protect both our customers and our colleagues. “We were the first UK company to put in place social-distancing measures in relation to parcel delivery. We pioneered contact-free delivery. “We are temporarily not handing over our hand-held devices to customers to capture signatures. As well
as encouraging good hand hygiene, standard ways of working have been revised to ensure that colleagues stay two metres apart at all times. “In addition we have moved to a one person per van delivery model. All staff have been briefed about the social distancing measures jointly agreed by local management and the CWU.
“This has been supplemented with visible reminders such as posters and one-way floor markings.”