Staff at Royal Mail's delivery office in Scarborough test positive for Covid-19

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The firm has confirmed the outbreak and said employees were at home recovering from the virus

Four postal workers at Scarborough's Royal Mail delivery office have tested positive for Covid-19.

A spokesperson confirmed the employees in question are now recovering at home following a deep clean of the building.

The office is operating as normal.

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

"Four of our colleagues recently tested positive for coronavirus at the Scarborough Delivery Office. They are now recuperating at home and we wish them a speedy recovery."

The firm also said that a range of preventative measures have been put in place to protect both customers and 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," said the spokesperson.

"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,” added the spokesperson.