The safest way of sending and picking up parcels during the COVID-19 epidemic is via contactless parcel delivery

According to the World Health Organisation, the risk of spreading and contracting the coronavirus via mail is insignificant. As the WHO website has it: online orders are rather safe, as the virus can survive – and thus spread the infection – on the surface of such parcels for no more than a few hours, which is considerably less than it takes for the parcels to get from sender to recipient – this can take up to 1–2 business days which is way too much for the virus to survive.

Head of the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunbiology and the Institute of Clinical Microbiology of the University of Szeged Dr. Katalin Burián confirms that during pandemics like the current coronavirus scare social distancing – the effort of minimising physical human contact and a conscious effort to minimise physical contact with surfaces others might have touched (such as shopping baskets and trolleys for example) is of utmost importance in protecting ourselves, our families and retail outlet employees. Shopping online and opting for contactless shipping, delivery and collection methods goes a long way towards achieving this as these eliminate the need of human contact from the process. The expansion of the availability of these ordering and delivery options would certainly be a step in the right direction...

Source: piacesprofit.hu

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