April 28, 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. Access Worldwide will continue to receive and hold all mail until such time when we are able to send it. 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 following countries have suspended certain mail services:
Nepal UPDATE: Nepal Post has advised that the suspension of all postal operations has been extended until May 15, 2020.Peru UPDATE: Servicios Postales del Perú – SERPOST S.A, has advised that the suspension of all postal operations has been extended until May 10, 2020.Unless otherwise noted, service suspensions to a particular country do not affect delivery of military and diplomatic mail.
The following countries have announced service disruptions:
Albania: Albanian Post advises that the Government of Albania has extended the state of emergency until June 26, 2020. As a result, Albanian Post is declaring a situation of force majeure with regard to all letter-post and parcel-post items. Customers should expect delivery delays for all items destined to Albania. Furthermore, Albanian Post has ceased to accept EMS items within its network, and letter-post and parcel-post items will be accepted only for those destinations where transport capacity is available.
Following is the complete list of temporarily suspended countries (effective on April 24, 2020):
Algeria
Angola
Antigua & Barbuda
Argentina
Aruba
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belize
Benin
Bermuda
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands
Chad
Chile
Colombia
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Republic of the
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Cuba
Curacao
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
Estonia
Ethiopia
Faroe Island
Fiji
French Polynesia
Gambia
Ghana
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
India
Iraq
Israel
Jamaica
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Maldives
Mauritania
Mauritius
Moldova
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Nepal
New Caledonia
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Qatar
Rwanda
Samoa
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
South Africa
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
St. Marten
Suriname
Sudan
Swaziland (Eswtini)
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Timor-Leste
Tonga
Trinidad & Tobago
Tunisia
Turks & Caicos
UAE
Uganda
Uruguay
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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.