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Coronavirus: Fourteen transport workers die in London after contracting COVID-19

Written by on 08/04/2020

Fourteen transport workers have died in London after contracting the coronavirus, mayor Sadiq Khan has told Sky News.

Mr Khan told Kay Burley@Breakfast that the death toll includes nine bus drivers, as well as three Transport for London workers, an Underground employee and a worker for one of TfL’s suppliers.

The mayor said his condolences were with all those who have lost their lives as a result of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.

Mr Khan stressed that his office was doing a “number of things” to ensure that transport in the capital was “as safe as possible”.

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