Mumbai: The postal department has halted the delivery of mail and parcels to the US owing to flight disruptions caused by the new Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus.
The department of posts headquartered in New Delhi dispatched a circular on December 8 to all postal circles nationwide, requesting them to publicise the decision. “In view of the present disruptions in air connectivity for USA, it has been decided to withhold the booking/collection of all types of mails destined to USA with immediate effect and further orders. Circles shall bring this to the notice of all customers as well as display it for public information,” it read.
Meanwhile, clients who send cargo and mail to the US on a regular basis are in a quandary. The circulation department of a community magazine issued an email to subscribers worldwide, saying its consignment of year-end diaries had been rejected at a city post office, and was therefore indefinitely delayed.
