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With just days to go before Christmas, Royal Mail has warned two postal areas of Hampshire have been hit with delays.
The latest update, released today (December 21), says there are deliveries in the Southampton Shirley and Havant postal areas, which include Southampton.
The PO9-10 areas of Havant and the SO15, SO16 and SO17 parts of Shirley in Southampton have been hit.
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Royal Mail says high levels of staff absences including COVID isolation has had an impact on staffing levels.
A spokesman said: “Deliveries are operating as normal across most of the country today.
“We aim to deliver to all addresses we have mail for, six days a week. In a small number of local offices this may temporarily not be possible due to local issues such as COVID-related self isolation, high levels of sick absence, resourcing, or other local factors.
“In those cases we will rotate deliveries to minimise the delay to individual customers. We also provide targeted support to those offices to address their challenges and restore our service to the high standard our customers would normally receive.
“We’re sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.”
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