Five London bus drivers die of coronavirus as Sadiq Khan blasts commuters
Pictures taken since the lockdown began have shown workers crammed onto the captain's transport network.
Mr Khan today said he's "absolutely devastated" to hear of the drivers' deaths - and tweeted that "lives depended" on people following the government rules to stay at home. "These measures include deep cleaning of buses, additional cleaning of touch points, the sealing of screens around the driver, the provision of hand sanitiser for all and placing the passenger seating closest to the driver out of bounds.
Gareth Powell, TfL's managing director for surface transport, said: "We have been extremely saddened to hear of the recent passing of our colleagues in the bus industry.
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