April 14 – COVID-19 Update
Access Worldwide has contingency plans in place to handle these country suspensions. Any suspended countries will be diverted to a special hold area and kept by country and by day. Once the suspensions are lifted we will enter the mail at that time. We are set up to handle this country by country, so that we can release each country’s mail as soon as they are able to accept it. The Postal Service will temporarily suspend international mail acceptance to destinations where air and sea transportation is unavailable due to widespread cancellations and restrictions into the area.
- Angola
- Benin
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Cayman Islands
- Chad
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Curacao
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Ecuador
- Fiji
- French Polynesia
- Gambia
- Guatemala
- Guinea Bissau
- Guyana
- Honduras
- India
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mauritius
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Mozambique
- Nepal
- New Caledonia
- New Guinea
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Republic of the Congo
- Rwanda
- Samoa
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Solomon Islands
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Timor-Leste
- Tonga
- United Arab Emirates
- Uganda
- Uruguay
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
The following country has suspended certain mail services:Maldives UPDATE: Maldives Post has advised that the Government of the Maldives has decided to extend and update measures taken to limit the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), until further notice. Therefore, Maldives Post is suspending the processing of outbound mail destined to foreign countries, including the United States. It is unable to guarantee delivery standards for all inbound mail (letter-post, parcel-post and EMS items), and signature on delivery is also suspended. The disruption is expected to continue until the epidemic is over. Consequently, service delivery standards cannot be guaranteed, and the previously declared situation of force majeure remains in effect.
The following country has announced service disruptions:
Iran: Iran National Post has advised that the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has declared a reduction of public services from March 24, 2020 to avoid the spread of COVID-19. Service delivery standards cannot be guaranteed. Owing to insufficient transport capacity following cancellation and reduction of many international flights, Iran Post has limited sending outbound mails (letter-post, parcel-post and EMS items) to a growing number of destinations. As a result it is declaring a situation of force majeure, with immediate effect and ceasing to accept mails to those destinations until sufficient transport capacity becomes available.These service disruptions affect Priority Mail Express International® (PMEI), Priority Mail International® (PMI), First-Class Mail International® (FCMI), First-Class Package International Service® (FCPIS®), International Priority Airmail® (IPA®), International Surface Air Lift® (ISAL®), and M-Bag® items.
As always, we are available to discuss at your convenience. Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns about these new developments.