An outbreak of coronavirus has been confirmed among at least 45 parliamentary police with a deep clean now underway at Westminster.
The outbreak has occurred within the Met Police’s Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection unit.
The parliamentary cops base has had to undergo a deep clean, our sister title The Mirror reports.
It comes after SNP MP Margaret Ferrier caused widespread outrage after she travelled down to London by train to attend parliament while awaiting virus test results.
She then headed back to Scotland from London after testing positive.
The Met Police told Mirror Online: "Should any officer test positive for Covid they will be told to take appropriate measures and those who have been in contact with them will be swiftly contacted and also advised to act accordingly, in line with Government regulations.
"The Met continues to follow guidance from Public Health England and the National Police Chiefs’ Council about how to best protect and support all officers and staff during the pandemic.
"The Met spends all day, every day, responding to different requirements and demands and has the resilience and resources to provide its normal service."
The outbreak is the latest to hit Westminster, which has seen a number of MPs and aides infected since the start of the pandemic.
In a statement following Margaret Ferrier’s positive test result, the MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West said she took a test on Saturday, September 26, after developing coronavirus symptoms.
She should have gone into self-isolation but confessed to travelling to Westminster by train two days later.
After receiving a positive result on Monday, September 28, she jumped on the train back to Glasgow the next morning and exposed fellow passengers to the virus.
Boris Johnson ended up in intensive care after he tested positive for coronavirus at the end of March.
The Health Secretary Matt Hancock was also forced to self isolate after testing positive for the virus in the same month.
