Regulator prepared for rising demand now and over the busy holiday period.
According to a statement from the State Post Bureau of China on Tuesday, it is making the delivery of epidemic control supplies such as drugs the top priority, especially delivering such goods in rural areas.
The State regulator is ensuring sufficient medical and living supplies are delivered now and during the upcoming Spring Festival holiday, to prepare for the rising demand for medicine during the latest outbreak of COVID-19 and to deal with difficulties such as courier shortages.
It also asked the sector to shoulder social responsibilities to ensure smooth delivery of postal and express services through the network, including maintaining main transportation lines and keeping parcel delivery stations open.
Cross-regional transportation has also been affected by the epidemic. November and December are the peak season for parcel delivery. The increasing number of parcels combined with other factors related to the epidemic are leading to delays, said Liao Lingzhu, deputy director of the Beijing Postal Administration.
Miss Li, a Beijing resident in Chaoyang district, tried to send some medicine to a friend in Chaoyang last week but no courier answered the call. This Tuesday, she sent a bottle of medicine for fever to her friend in Haidian district. "It was easy to place an order online and a courier showed up at my door within half an hour," she said.
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