The colleagues of a railway worker who died of coronavirus after being spat on at work say they are scared the same thing could happen to them.
Belly Mujinga died after she was allegedly attacked at Victoria station, in London, by a man who claimed he had the virus.
Her workmates are now fearing for their own lives and claim today is the first day the have been face masks by their employers.
Ms Mujinga died after she and a colleague caught covid-19 following the alleged incident, and although the other survived, she was taken to hospital and placed on a ventilator before dying.
Gate worker Victor Bangura said: "We are all vulnerable".
The 34-year-old added: "I was very shocked. It is the last person I would expect it to happen to.
"She was a nice person, looked healthy, she was a mother. Imagine you see someone now like me and the next time they are dead.
"My whole body went into shock. I was very, very emotional.
"We are all vulnerable, in the same station, it could happen to any one of us."
Another railway worker at Victoria station, who gave her name as Gabby, said today was the first day staff had been given masks to wear.
She said: "There's not much being done to check all the staff, today is the first day we have had masks.
"There's been a few more people this morning. Trains have been coming in (on other days) with six or seven people but this morning there's maybe 25 people on trains.
"I'm really worried about more people coming through and how we're going to deal with them."
A security worker who asked to remain anonymous said he was given a mask today for the first time and has to bring his own gloves, adding: "I think they're trying to cover themselves, this should have been done right at the beginning."
He said since the death of Ms Mujinga he has become "much more scared" and encouraging people back to work was a "stupid" decision made "much too soon".
Ms Mujinga, 47, who had suffered long-term respiratory problems, died in hospital on April 5 – 13 days after the alleged assault at London’s Victoria Station.
The mother-of-one and an unnamed colleague who was with her at the time were spat on, and both went on to contract Covid-19.
Their attacker, who has not been identified, allegedly told his victims that he had the virus.
Although the other woman recovered, Ms Mujinga's condition deteriorated after she started to feel ill.
She died just three days after being admitted to an intensive care ward and put on a ventilator.
Her husband Lusamba, 60, and their daughter Ingrid, 11, never got to say goodbye.
Ingrid had one last video call from her mum in her bed at Barnet Hospital before she became too sick to talk.
Lusamba also said Belly had asked for a back office job when the threat of Covid-19 became apparent in early March.
But he alleges that her employer Thameslink, which runs services through the capital, insisted that she should continue dealing with customers face to face, before social-distancing rules had been installed.
Lusamba, of Hendon, North London, said his wife had made her bosses aware of her health issues following an operation three years ago.
Belly was diagnosed with the lung condition sarcoidosis, which causes shortness of breath and a persistent dry cough.
He said: "Our doctor had told us that she should keep away from people from three months because she was at risk. It was too dangerous, he told us.
“After this happened he called the train company, but by then it was too late, she had already been infected.”
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has paid tribute to Ms Mujinga, saying: "The fact that she was abused for doing her job is utterly appalling."
