MPS have joined calls for a probe into the deaths of two outsourced workers in an alleged coronavirus outbreak at the Ministry of Justice headquarters. 
 
The United Voices of the World union alleges that cleaners at MoJ offices in Petty France, central London, were pressured to work despite having coronavirus symptoms because they could not live on statutory sick pay of £95.85 a week.

As reported by the Star, Emanuel Gomes, a worker employed by contractor OCS, died in April after working for five days with a high fever, cough and loss of appetite.

The cause of death was recorded officially as hypertensive heart disease, but it is unclear whether a coronavirus test was carried out, according to Mr Gomes’s family.