The State Post Bureau calls for couriers to be allowed into residential areas. How to pick up takeout and express deliveries during the epidemic?

To prevent the spread of the epidemic, many community unit office buildings have implemented closed management and express delivery is not allowed to enter. On February 6, the State Post Bureau called for couriers to be allowed into residential communities. Many people may wonder how to safely receive takeout and express deliveries during the epidemic.

The State Post Bureau calls for couriers to enter residential areas

1. The State Post Bureau calls for couriers to enter residential areas
On February 6, Hou Yanbo, deputy director of the Market Supervision Department of the State Post Bureau, said that some areas have implemented closed management and couriers are not allowed to enter. These measures have greatly reduced the delivery time. Some couriers even have to wait for more than an hour in the cold wind to deliver a package. He pointed out that the virus is mainly transmitted through droplets and contact with patients, and the risk of transmission through mail is extremely low, so everyone can receive mail and express parcels normally. Hou Yanbo called for communities with smart express boxes to provide convenience for couriers. As for community units and office buildings that do not have these facilities, he also suggested setting aside specific areas for the collection and delivery of mail and express deliveries.

Hou Yanbo introduced that ensuring the life safety and physical health of the people and express delivery workers is always the most concerned and important issue for the State Post Bureau. At present, all postal and express delivery grass-roots business outlets across the country have been following the issued "Operational Specifications for Business Outlets during the Epidemic Prevention and Control Period" and have made every effort to carry out relevant work during the epidemic prevention and control period.

First, business staff must accurately measure their body temperature before going to work, and they can only go to work if the temperature is normal. During work, employees are required to wear medical masks correctly and disinfect all kinds of supplies and equipment.

The second is to do a good job in disinfection and ventilation of business premises. Customers entering business outlets must undergo temperature checks. For customers who do not wear masks, they must be persuaded to wear masks correctly.

Third, delivery personnel must insist on wearing masks correctly, take good protection, and undergo temperature checks when arriving at and returning to work.

Fourth, actively promote designated collection and delivery modes, appointment delivery, and smart express box delivery to minimize direct contact between people and protect the life safety and physical health of front-line employees and consumers to the greatest extent possible.

How to pick up takeout and express delivery during the epidemic

2. How to pick up takeout and express delivery during the epidemic?
Delivery guys and couriers run around in the community every day and come into contact with many residents. If they are carrying the virus and you pick up the takeaway yourself, you also increase the risk of contracting the virus.

If you are worried about indirect contact caused by takeout and express delivery, you can ask the delivery guy to leave the food at the door and take it into the house after he leaves (both parties will have contact with one less person, so it is safer), then wipe the packaging bag with alcohol and wash your hands before opening and eating.

As for express delivery, different viruses have different survival times outside the human body, and the viruses that express delivery is contaminated with during transportation have already died. However, viruses recently acquired during delivery may still be viable. After receiving it, you can also wipe the outer packaging directly with alcohol to reduce the risk.