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Areas of Essex are facing Royal Mail delivery delays in the days before Christmas.
The national mail delivery service today (Wednesday, December 22) said that some parts of the county would experience disruption.
Royal Mail said this was due to staff isolating with Covid, among other local factors.
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On its website, Royal Mail 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.
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“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.”
The following areas could experience delays to deliveries today and in the coming days:
- Basildon DO (SS13, SS14, SS15 and SS16)
- Burnham On Crouch DO (CM0 8)
- Chelmsford DO (CM1 to CM3)
- Harold Hill DO (RM3)
- Rayleigh DO (SS6)
- Upminster DO (RM14)
In November, some residents in Chelmsford went weeks without post, including important medical documents.
Royal Mail said at the time that it was due to “resourcing issues”.
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