London buses step up virus measures after 20 drivers die

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4 Underground and train staff have also died. FMTNews London

Four Underground and train staff have also died in addition to the bus drivers.

“It breaks my heart that 20 London bus workers have lost their lives to #COVID19. It could easily have been my dad and his friends,” Khan wrote on Twitter.He joined a minute’s silence called by the trade union Unite, which has been pressing for better protection for London’s 20,000 bus drivers and other transport staff.

But a reduced service is still running on the buses and trains for key workers. Four Underground and train staff have also died. In the new measure to be introduced from Monday, the front doors will now be kept shut with passengers asked to get on and off using the middle doors.“We have lost members of our bus family in recent days and we refuse to lose any more,” he said.

 

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