100+ Baltimore District postal workers test positive for COVID-19

On Monday, a USPS spokeswoman said 118 employees in the Baltimore District have tested positive since March.

WORKERS HAVE TESTED POSITIVEFOR COVID-19.

WMAR-2 NEWSMALLORY SOFASTAII HAS THELATEST ON THE NUMBER OFCARRIERS AND WHAT U-S-P-SDOING TO PROTECT ITS WORKERS.WE CONTINUE TO RECEIVE CALLS,LETTERS, AND EMAILS FROMPEOPLE WONDERING WHERE THEIRMAIL IS.

WEDELAYS MAY BE DUE TO THEOVERWHELMING NUMBER OF WORKERSWHO HAVE FALLEN ILL.

LETTERSLIKE THIS ONENEWSROOM BUT THE SENDER SAYSTHEIR COMMUNITY AT TIMESRECEIVES NO MAIL.

SIMILARPOSTS HAVE FLOODED SOCIALMEDIA Melanie Savage: 1:31they need to be here for us.weof us more than ever with thisepidemic :05 WETHAT A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OFCORONAVIRUS CASES HAS IMPACTEDTHE LOCAL WORKFORCE.

ABALTIMORE AREA CARRIER TOLD USIN APRIL THAT THERE WASNENOUGH PPE OR SANITIZINGEQUIPMENT ..

AND SINCE THENTHE VIRUS HAS SPREAD TO ANUMBER OF BRANCHES.

ON FRIDAYMANAGER THAT THE BALTIMOREDISTRICT POST OFFICE NOW HAS116 CONFIRMED CASES ..

74WORKERS HAVE SINCE RETURNED TOWORK ..

AND 42 ARE STILL OUTHE SAID PEOPLE ARE WORKING UPTO 14 HOURS A DAY TO COVERWHAT THEY CAN ..

BUT ITTOUGH BEING DOWN BY SO MANY ..ON TOP OF WORRYING ABOUT HISOWN HEALTH ANONYMOUS POSTALCARRIER 9:43 Iconcerned because theysending people to differentbranches from other branchesso if we have people goingback and forth to differentbranches, we have no ideawhose got what, where, whatcoming back to our office.

:12WE REACHED OUT TO U-S-P-S TOCONFIRM THE NUMBER OF CASES ..AND FOR AN UPDATE ON HOWTHEY'RE WORKING TO PROTECTWORKERS AND DELIVER MAIL ONTIME.

WE'RE STILL WAITING TOHEAR BACK.WE JUST HEARD BACK FROMU-S-P-S.

118 EMPLOYEES WITHITHE BALTIMORE DISTRICT HAVETESTED POSITIVE SINCE MARCH.THE SPOKESWOMAN SAID THESAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF THEIREMPLOYEES IS THEIR HIGHESTPRIORITY AND THEY'RECONTINUING TO FOLLOWRECOMMENDED GUIDANCE ANDSTRATEGIES FROM THE C-D-C.THEY'RE ALSO WORKING TOADDRESS SERVICE ISSUES ANDCUSTOMERS ARE ENCOURAGED TOCALL 800-ASK-USPS, SUBMIT ANINQUIRY ONLINE, OR CONTATHEM THROUGH TWITTER.