Royal Mail has said it is facing high levels of sickness that mean almost double the number of employees are absent than in 2018, before Covid-19 was identified.
The postal service said deliveries were operating as normal across most of the country but that a small number of local offices may not be able to deliver six days a week at present. The Royal Mail online service update identified 21 offices out of 1,200 that were experiencing delays.
A spokesperson said the difficulties related “to local issues such as Covid-related self-isolation, high levels of sick absence, resourcing or other local factors”.
They said “targeted support” was being offered to those offices affected in order to restore the service.
Postal workers said a revision in
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