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Royal Mail services are struggling to keep up with delays caused by the Covid pandemic. Surging infections have badly hit the service, as carriers have either contracted the disease or made to self-isolate. Nearly 30 regions now no longer receive regular post, and some people will not have received packages or letters for some time.