Submitted on Tuesday 17th March 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 31st March 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Restart COVID-19 Testing For Any Suspected Cases Regardless of Severity
The government must restart and adequately fund the formal testing for all suspected cases of the COVID-19 outbreak, in accordance with WHO advice. Tests should be available to any who are suspected to have the disease, not just in cases where patients are hospitalised.
Testing of the population, to provide accurate and precise information about the current case numbers of COVID-19 is essential to inform decision making in public health policy and track the spread of the disease. Formal testing of all cases must occur, to allow authorities to better understand the current stage of the outbreak and prevent the SARS-CoV-2 virus from becoming endemic to the UK.
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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.
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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: 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/coronavirus
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 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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