31 employees at the post office Understand how to shorten the time to contact the infection, etc. President of Japan Post, April 27, 19:23
Hiroya Masuda, president of Japan Post, announced at a press conference on the 27th that 31 post office employees had been infected by the new coronavirus so far, and the post office window was shortened to prevent the spread of infection. I sought understanding for the measures.
The president of Japan Post, Masuda, held a press conference online yesterday, and revealed that 31 post office employees have been infected with the new coronavirus so far.
Regarding this, President Masuda said, "I am sorry for causing inconvenience to customers and related local governments. I do not think that there are particularly many people infected because the size of the group is very large, but I am infected more than ever. I think it is necessary to take appropriate measures to prevent this. "
In addition, infections such as shortening the window of the counter in 13 prefectures subject to specific caution prefectures except for large scale areas and stopping acceptance of redelivery such as Yu-Pack on the day We sought understanding about our efforts to prevent expansion.
On the other hand, President Masuda revealed that the government contracted for a cloth mask distributed to all households nationwide for 42 yen per mail, about 2.6 billion yen in total, "I accepted without expecting profit ".
Post Office Infection Status
To date, Japan Post has confirmed or confirmed that employees have been infected with the new coronavirus at 20 post offices nationwide.
Of these, 10 were infected at the Nihonmatsu Post Office in Fukushima Prefecture, including one who retired, and the window and delivery operations were suspended for two weeks from the 7th of this month.
As a result, about 170,000 mail items could not be delivered at one time.
In addition, the Noboto Post Office in Kawasaki City discovered the infection of one employee on the 14th of this month, suspended the work and disinfected it, and resumed on the 17th, but confirmed the infection of another employee on that day. And the business was suspended again.
Business resumed on the 24th of this month, but at one point, we could not deliver about 340,000 mail items and about 12,000 packages.
In addition, the Omori Post Office in Ota Ward, Tokyo, has been closed since 14th of this month, and the Sapporo Minami Ichijochu Post Office in Sapporo has been closed since 20th of this month. Of these, the Sapporo Minami Ichijo Naka Post Office is scheduled to reopen on the 30th of this month, and the reopening time of the Omori Post Office is undecided.
Post Office Infection Prevention Measures
To prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, Japan Post has reduced the business hours of its counters from 10 am to 3 pm in 13 prefectures subject to the "specific warning prefectures" except for large-scale areas. doing.
In addition, in order to avoid contact with customers, we are taking steps such as installing transparent curtains at post offices throughout Japan.
At the Koganei Post Office in Tokyo, Koganei City, consideration should be given to avoiding so-called "three density" such as crowdedness and closeness by spacing available windows and putting a foot-shaped seal on the floor at a certain distance. doing.
In addition, the counter at the counter is disinfected with alcohol every time the user uses it, and also the ballpoint pen on the entry table is checked to see if it has been disinfected.
In addition to the counter, in addition to thoroughly ventilating and wearing masks in places where collection and delivery work is done, desks for sorting mail and small packages are placed at least 1 meter apart, and every morning It means checking the body temperature.
On the other hand, the number of users at the post offices in the suburbs and residential areas tends to increase more and more due to the increase of telecommuting by companies, and Koganei Post Office shows from the 1st to the 20th of this month, It is 1.5 times.
Also, the amount of luggage we are handling is increasing.
In addition to increasing the number of deliveries of goods purchased through online shopping and items sold and purchased by users using the flea market app, the delivery of luggage such as documents to be delivered to students and their homes during the holidays of university and school has increased. Because it is.
There are times when dozens of people are waiting at the post office counter, so if you are not in a hurry, you are asked to stagger the time or come to the station in a relatively light time such as in the morning.
Hiroki Sakaguchi, Director General of Koganei Post Office, said, “We take every possible measure, but if you don't need to replace a postcard that you have missed, or if you don't need it immediately, please refrain from visiting us. I want to deal with it with a sense of mission because it is not available. "