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Ban international travel between UK and Italy and China

Submitted on Monday 16th March 2020

Rejected on Wednesday 29th April 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Ban international travel between UK and Italy and China

Petition Details

Suspend in flow of people from Italy and China. Russia and Mongolia have closed borders with China and have had no deaths as of now. Screening should be mandatory for all passengers at UK ports of entry. Doctors from those countries should be exempt, as should shipments of goods.

Additional Information

The elderly and long term sick are those most vulnerable to this virus. Implementing the policies this petition urges will reduce the odds of those groups being infected.


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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.

Since you started your petition the countries most affected by coronavirus have changed, but you might like to sign the following petitions, which make related requests:

Close the Borders of the United Kingdom to Prevent the Spread of Coronavirus: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/309332

Start screening every person who enters UK for Coronavirus: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301188

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

www.gov.uk/coronavirus
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here:
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/

Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/

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