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17.03.2020
Following the decision taken by the Cabinet of Ministers at an extraordinary meeting to suspend international passenger transportation from the 17th of March 2020 as a measure to contain the outbreak of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019), the exchange of postal items with foreign countries will be significantly restricted and/or delayed. Latvijas Pasts continues to accept items for delivery abroad: they will be stored at the company’s sorting centre and sent to the addressees as soon as this is possible. At the same time, Latvijas Pasts is actively looking for alternative ways of cross-border postal item delivery.
Taking into account the emergency situation declared in the country and the decision taken by the Cabinet of Ministers at an extraordinary meeting to suspend international passenger transportation from the 17th of March as a measure to contain the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, the exchange of postal items with foreign countries will be substantially restricted and/or delayed. This is due to the fact that most international postal items are carried by passenger aircraft. At the moment postal items are accepted at the post offices for sending abroad, but their delivery is expected to be delayed. All items will be stored at the Latvijas Pasts sorting centre and sent abroad as soon as this is possible.
At the same time Latvijas Pasts is actively seeking alternative ways to deliver as many cross-border items as possible to recipients in other countries too.
The cross-border delivery of postal items abroad will be restricted and delayed at least until the end date of the emergency situation, which currently is the 14th of April, unless there are further changes and restrictions.
If additional restrictions are imposed, Latvijas Pasts will immediately inform you of further actions.
About SJSC Latvijas Pasts
Latvijas Pasts ensures the widest availability of postal services throughout Latvia by maintaining more than 600 post offices. The primary function of the company is provision of the universal postal service; Latvijas Pasts also provides commercial transport, express mail, payment, press subscription, retail and philatelic services. Latvijas Pasts is a wholly State-owned company with over 3,400 employees. The quality measurements of Latvijas Pasts domestic mail deliveries are regularly conducted by Kantar TNS, one of the leading market, social and media research agencies in Latvia. In turn, the quality measurements of the cross-border deliveries are provided within the framework of the International Post Corporation through the intermediary of the research companies Kantar TNS, Ipsos and Quotas.
Additional information:
Vineta Danielsone | Senior Public Relations Project Manager
E-mail: pr@pasts.lv, vineta.danielsone@pasts.lv
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