Covid outbreak at Bathgate Royal Mail delivery office after 10 staff test positive

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Royal Mail have confirmed that 10 staff members from the Bathgate Delivery Office are now self-isolating at home after testing positive for coronavirus.

Ten staff at a Royal Mail Delivery Office in West Lothian have tested positive for coronavirus, bosses have confirmed.

The postal workers at the Bathgate sorting hub are now self-isolating at home after receiving their positive test results.

The building on Inchmuir Road has been deep cleaned and remains open as normal.

But some local residents reported slight disruption to their mail delivery after receiving their post on a Sunday following the outbreak.

The latest confirmed cases comes after one Royal Mail postie tested positive for Covid-19 at a Fife delivery office in September.

Three fellow workers at the Dunfermline office on Woodmill Street were told to self-isolate after having come into contact with the colleague who tested positive.

A spokesperson for Royal Mail said: "Royal Mail takes the health and safety of its colleagues, its customers and the local communities in which we operate very seriously.

"Ten of our colleagues recently tested positive for coronavirus at the Bathgate Delivery Office.

"They are now recuperating at home and we wish them a speedy recovery. We have carried out an intensive clean of the building.

"We are currently processing mail as normal at our Bathgate office. The office is open as normal.”

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Ten members of staff at Royal Mail have been forced to self-isolate after testing positive for coronavirus.

The workers at the West Lothian delivery office will now stay at home after the outbreak in Bathgate.

The cases have now been confirmed by Royal Mail, who have stated the sorting office on Inchmuir Road has now undergone a deep clean.

According to the company, the office will remain open with a host of hygiene and control measures in place.

Social distancing and 'hands-free' delivery is also in place with customers in the local area until further notice.

However, some local residents have reported slight disruption to their mail delivery after receiving their post on a Sunday following the outbreak, reports the Daily Record.

The latest confirmed cases comes after one Royal Mail postie tested positive for the virus at a Fife delivery office in September.

Three fellow workers at the Dunfermline office on Woodmill Street were told to self-isolate after having come into contact with the colleague who tested positive.

They said: “Royal Mail takes the health and safety of its colleagues, its customers and the local communities in which we operate very seriously. Ten of our colleagues recently tested positive for coronavirus at the Bathgate Delivery Office.

"They are now recuperating at home and we wish them a speedy recovery. We have carried out an intensive clean of the building. We are currently processing mail as normal at our Bathgate office. The office is open 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."

The spokesperson added: "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.”

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"In addition we have moved to a one person per van delivery model.”

So they've told the press that one per van is the way to go but then go and reintroduce 2 per van a week later for the rest of the country! Not really taking the health and safety of their "colleagues" very seriously, more like profit before people.

The lunatics really are running the asylum.