This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

We understand that you want people to stay at home and receive sick pay to prevent further spreading of COVID-19, but it's not clear exactly what you want the Government to do to achieve this.

We have accepted a petition calling on the Government to consider closing down offices and order working from home: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301439

we have also accepted a petition calling on the Government to ensure employees are paid their full wage if they can't work due to coronavirus: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301652

The Government has advised people to work from home if they possible can: www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-mothers-day-words-22-march-2020

The Government has also created a Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to enable all UK employers will be able to access support to continue paying part of their employees’ salary for those employees that would otherwise have been laid off during this crisis: www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-to-employers-and-businesses-about-covid-19/covid-19-support-for-businesses#support-for-businesses-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme

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