A woman who lost her bus driver father to COVID-19 tells Sky News it's a hugely significant day and she hopes the inquiry could help save lives in a future crisis.
"It is a monumental day for us and we have been fighting for it ever since the pandemic started," she said.Mr Chandrapala was one of 27 London bus drivers to die in the first three months of the pandemic
"We want to learn the lessons so that in future pandemics we're not going to have a death toll near as much as a quarter of a million people." She added:"My dad was a key worker and I need to know what measures were in place and how the Department for Transport, TFL, the bus operators, were working together to keep those bus drivers safe.
"We know that bus driver deaths were very high, disproportionate numbers of transport workers died during the pandemic. And why is that? Was there a lack of preparedness?"
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