Submitted on Tuesday 17th March 2020
Rejected on Monday 6th April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: already-happening (see below for details)
Ban all non-emergency dental treatment during the COVID-19 crisis.
Dental professionals are the most exposed vocation, carrying out treatments which creates aerosols. The COVID-19 virus has been shown to survive 3 hours in the air after aerosol treatments and is highly infectious. The masks routinely used are not effective enough for this virus.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Since you started your petition the NHS has advised all dental practices to stop and defer all routine, non-urgent dental care: www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2020/03/issue-3-preparedness-letter-for-primary-dental-care-25-march-2020.pdf
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
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