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West Midlands Railway said it had seen the number of staff having to self-isolate quadruple in recent weeks.
Staff absences have resulted in trains being cancelled at short notice, and fewer carriages being available on some services, PA news reports.
We are keeping up the extra high standards of cleaning on our trains and stations that we implemented at the start of the pandemic.
Even though Covid restrictions are easing from Monday, the message is, in crowded spaces, wear a face covering out of respect for others.
Bin collections across England have been hit by the so-called pingdemic as councils have been forced to suspend services because so many staff have been told to isolate by the NHS Test and Trace.
There has been disruption in Liverpool, Norfolk, Coventry, and Lancashire.
Waste services are experiencing higher than anticipated staff absence as a result of Covid-19 related cases. In the last week alone, 26 staff have had to self-isolate either because they have had a positive test or they have been contacted by track and trace. This level of absence on top of current sickness and leave means 24% of the workforce are unavailable.
Our current programme is clearly not sustainable when one in four staff are unavailable to work.
Some bin collections are running behind schedule due to staff sickness and a truck suffering a puncture.
Crews are working extra shifts and over the weekend to catch up ASAP.
Please leave your bin out and the team will collect it as soon as they can. Thanks for your understanding pic.twitter.com/ZUN1Ml9xCF
The increase has been due to contacts employees have had with a positive case outside of work and there is no Covid-19 outbreak in the service.
⚠️ PLEASE SHARE – POULTON AND CARLETON RESIDENTS
Due to COVID-19 and many staff having to self-isolate, we apologise to customers in some of the Poulton and Carleton area but your blue bin will not be collected today (Friday 16 July). (1/4) pic.twitter.com/wbJnexeW8M
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