Postal delivery workers in the Republic of Ireland are to check on elderly and vulnerable people as part of their rounds.
They will knock on doors to find out if people in those groups need food or medication, and make sure those requests are fulfilled, the Irish postal system An Post has confirmed.
They will also deliver parcels and letters from the elderly and vulnerable - about 160,000 homes - for free.
Each home in the Irish Republic will get a Covid-19 public information booklet through the post.
The UK’s Royal Mail has not implemented any similar systems but says it "takes the health and safety of its colleagues, its customers and the local communities in which we operate very seriously".
Postal delivery workers in the Republic of Ireland are to check on elderly and vulnerable people as part of their rounds.
They will knock on doors to find out if people in those groups need food or medication, and make sure those requests are fulfilled, the Irish postal system An Post has confirmed.
They will also deliver parcels and letters from the elderly and vulnerable - about 160,000 homes - for free.
Each home in the Irish Republic will get a Covid-19 public information booklet through the post.
The UK’s Royal Mail has not implemented any similar systems but says it "takes the health and safety of its colleagues, its customers and the local communities in which we operate very seriously".
No you fking don't.
The Irish are looking after postal workers properly and are not delivering crap at moment plus they have split shifts to have more space and proper hygiene and equipment and work on their own,what do we do ? Get told we can go out in pairs if you want and the office is too small for social distances and just get on with it as our Dom quoted yesterday it’s a bloody disaster waiting to happen and on Ther head be it https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-52026908" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;