Post Office still serving community in time of need

By Reed Anfinson
Publisher
Swift County Monitor-News
The United States Post Office continues to serve residents of the area through the COVID-19 shutdown.  The U.S. Post Office lobby in Benson is open like normal, although patrons are asked to keep their social distance and stagger their turns at the lobby desk.

In addition, the U.S. Postal Service is doing its part to keep contact among employees, and between customers and employees to a minimum.

“We’ve been reinforcing workplace behaviors to ensure that contact among our employees and with our customers reflects the best guidance regarding healthy interactions, social distancing, and risk minimization,” said Nicole Hill, Customer Relations Coordinator, St. Paul Postmasters Office.  “We have implemented measures at retail facilities and mail processing facilities to ensure appropriate social distancing.”

Some of those measures are increased signage all around the Post Office, tape on the floor to make sure customers are 6-feet apart, “cough/sneeze” barriers between customers and employees, and more...
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