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Vauxhall Bus Station. London. UK. April 12, 2020.Derrick Meikle .“Its very frightening because people are coming on the bus sneezing and coughing and I tell them they should stay at home and quarantine which is safer for myself and the other bus users.I am based in Battersea. We've got no fatalities that we know of, we have at least 4 or 5 people sick with the Corona virus at the moment. As you know the government is'nt a government for the people, its government for Brexit, and immigration, thats what its for. Thats what people wanted in the country and thats what they got.this is what they're getting now. No support for the hospitals, maybe they want to sell it to the Americans, but now the crisis has burst out all over the world, not one country but everywhere for the first time. Its very serious and frightening.”..General Intro Text:.There were 2.2 billion journeys on London's buses in the year to March 2019, far more than the 1.37 billion in the same period on the London Underground. Although service frequencies have been substantially cut during the pandemic, London's bus network still reaches further than other modes of public transport into the peripheral estates that house many critical workers. ..Yet drivers faced management's reluctance to make changes in dealing with the dangers posed to drivers by the virus. Up until late April, passengers were still boarding via the front doors, and tapping their Oyster cards ( transport payment cards) on electronic readers close to the driver...Some drivers started unilaterally blocking off the front few seats by their cabs and telling passengers to enter by the exit doors in the middle of the vehicle. In response, a manager at Arriva – one of the private companies that owns and operates the buses on contract to Transport for London (TfL) – warned drivers they could face disciplinary action over such steps, although the company later apologised...From April 20, TfL told bus operators to close front doors, block off s (KEYSTONE/VII Photo/Seamus Murphy)