COVID-19 UK July 19: Masks to remain compulsory on London transport after 'Freedom Day’

Coronavirus latest: LONDONERS will have to wear masks on public transport even after ‘Freedom Day’, Sadiq Khan has announced.

The capital's mayor announced this morning that face coverings will remain compulsory on Transport for London's trains, tubes and buses.

Mr Khan says the “simplest and safest” option was for the government to keep national mask laws in place, but added: “I’m not prepared to stand by and put Londoners, and our city’s recovery, at risk.

“By keeping face masks mandatory we will give Londoners and visitors the reassurance and confidence to make the most of what our city has to offer, while also protecting our heroic transport workers and those who may be vulnerable and rely on the network to get around our city."

And this morning, he tweeted: "Face coverings will remain compulsory on TfL.

"The wearing of face coverings helps reduce the spread of Covid, and crucially gives Londoners confidence to travel - vital to our economic recovery.

"My mask protects you, your mask protects me."

Transport Sec Grant Shapps said providers were able to set their own condition of carriage.

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