Transport for London worker tests positive for coronavirus

An office-based Transport for London worker has tested positive for coronavirus, the organisation has confirmed. The employee works at TfL's Palestra House office in Southwark.

Palestra House is where TfL monitors London's roads and controls the Tube network, but the worker with coronavirus has a non-operational role, the PA news agency understands.

TfL did not reveal what role the person has, but Palestra House is where it monitors London's roads and controls the Tube network.

Some Londoners are wearing face masks when they travel on trains and buses amid concern that the virus can be easily transmitted on public transport.

It emerged on Friday that two British Airways baggage handlers had tested positive for Covid-19.

The men are based at Heathrow Airport, west London.