AN EMPLOYEE at a delivery office in Keighley has tested positive for COVID-19, Royal Mail has confirmed in a statement.
An "intensive clean" has been carried out at its Keighley Delivery Office following the news.
A Royal Mail spokesperson said: “Royal Mail takes the health and safety of its colleagues, its customers and the local communities in which we operate very seriously.
"There is currently one colleague that has tested positive for coronavirus at Keighley Delivery Office. We wish them a speedy recovery.
"We have carried out an intensive clean of the site and have organised additional cleaning of key touch points and all communal areas. We are keeping the CWU and colleagues updated.
"Throughout this crisis, every decision we make puts the health of our people and customers first. We have put in place a range of preventive measures to protect both our customers and our 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.
"As well as encouraging good hand hygiene, standard ways of working have been revised to ensure that colleagues maintain appropriate social distancing at all times.
"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”.