Submitted on Thursday 4th June 2020
Rejected on Monday 17th August 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Lead international action to protect poor countries against Covid-19
UK Government should bring together willing rich nations to provide funding, drugs, protective equipment and economic support for poor nations struggling to protect their people. Many of them don't stand a chance of fighting the virus alone.
There is no international leadership at present. The UK has the expertise to do this. A very small %age of the spend by the developed world on protecting itself will make a big difference. As well as saving many lives it will also protect against re-importing a second spike of infection from the developing world.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We understand that you want the UK Government to take action to help protect poorer countries against Covid-19, but it's not clear what action you want the Government to take that it is not already taking.
The UK Government has made several announcements about support it is providing to help other countries fight Covid-19:
UK aid to help developing countries tackle coronavirus: dfidnews.blog.gov.uk/2020/04/12/new-uk-aid-to-help-charities-and-global-organisations-tackle-coronavirus/
UK aid boost for charities fighting coronavirus: www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-aid-boost-for-charities-fighting-coronavirus
International organisations of which the UK is a member have also made announcements about support being provided to help counties respond to the Covid-19 outbreak:
World Bank Group: 100 Countries Get Support in Response to COVID-19 (Coronavirus): www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2020/05/19/world-bank-group-100-countries-get-support-in-response-to-covid-19-coronavirus
UN: Funding the fight against COVID-19 in the world’s poorest countries: www.un.org/en/un-coronavirus-communications-team/funding-fight-against-covid-19-world%E2%80%99s-poorest-countries
We could accept a petition calling on the Government to increase foreign aid to help in the fight against Covid-19, or calling on the Government to request further action by international bodies, but it would need to be clear what action you want the UK Government to take, that it is not taking already.
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