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Schools must allow children to stay at home until the Coronavirus crisis ends

Submitted on Wednesday 11th March 2020

Rejected on Monday 16th March 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Schools must allow children to stay at home until the Coronavirus crisis ends

Petition Details

WHO declares Coronavirus infection a pandemic. It is spreading among school kids. Containment is the best option. Parliament must advise schools not to penalise kids who wish to stay at home; must permit kids to take authorised absence. Schools also must support these kids through online platforms.

Additional Information

Coronavirus infection among young children has been reported. The wall street journal dated March 10th, 2020 suggest that Children have the virus in their secretions up to 22 days, so it is wise to prevent them from spreading it to others. Schools must be proactive rather than reactive. Current understanding is that kids are the least affected but we can't simply wait for new evidence to emerge to support/contradict this. Please check this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mrPHO-nkVE


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300399

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

NHS website: www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

UK Government website: www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public

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