Submitted on Friday 13th March 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 17th March 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
All coronavirus cases to be tested and documented even if not admitted.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended that testing and contact tracing be done for all covid19 cases in order to monitor and contain the pandemic. The government needs to mandate testing of those who need to self isolate as well as those admitted. It must relax travel criteria for tests
The contain stage has been abandoned without being fully committed to. The UK citizens are unable to self isolate with commitment while their covid status remains unknown. This presents problems for alerting contacts, attending work and assessing risk.
Many presentations are now emerging without history of travel/ with other flu symptoms, excluding these people from testing while claiming to increase test capacity is disingenuous & poor epidemiological rationale. The NHS needs accurate figures.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for the issue you raise. The conduct of tests is a clinical decision for the NHS, not the UK Government or Parliament.
We have published a petition calling for the Government to provide publicly accessible testing for coronavirus around the UK, which you might want to sign: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301354
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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