Coronavirus

Postal employees at Coppell processing center, Tyler office are positive for coronavirus

A U.S. Postal Service employee at the main office in Tyler and another at the North Texas Processing and Distribution Center in Coppell have tested positive for the coronavirus, the agency said.

The postal service believes the risk to the employees’ colleagues is low, agency spokesman Floyd Wagoner wrote in a statement.

“We are in the process of reaching out to the local public health offices and will follow the guidance they provide,” Wagoner wrote.

The Postal Service declined to release the names of the employees or information about their medical condition. Floyd declined to say on what date the employees learned of their test results.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said that there is no evidence that COVID-19 can spread through the mail.


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Emerson Clarridge
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Emerson Clarridge covers crime and other breaking news for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He works days and reports on law enforcement affairs in Tarrant County. He previously was a reporter at the Omaha World-Herald and the Observer-Dispatch in Utica, New York.
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