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News that two postal employees in White Plains tested positive for COVID-19 prompted the United States Postal Service to assure residents that there is no evidence the coronavirus can be spread through the mail.

The two employees, who work at the Westchester Processing & Distribution Center, will not be back at work until medically cleared, a U.S. Postal Service spokesman said. Officials say they believe exposure risk to other processing center employees is low.

The Postal Service believes exposure risk for other employees is low, based on guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Westchester and Rockland health departments, according to the spokesman, George Flood.

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The CDC and World Health Organization have said there is currently no evidence coronavirus can spread through the mail.

"In general, because of poor survivability of these coronaviruses on surfaces, there is likely very low risk of spread from products or packaging that are shipped over a period of days or weeks at ambient temperatures. Coronaviruses are generally thought to be spread most often by respiratory droplets," according to the CDC website.

The Postal Service said out of an abundance of caution, it employed a contract cleaner to enhance and supplement current cleaning protocols using disinfectants across the facility.