Submitted on Wednesday 18th March 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 31st March 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Require pharmaceutical companies to produce coronavirus tests for every citizen
Test, Test, Test is the recommendation from the World Health Organisation. Currently testing is only for persons displaying symptoms and high risk persons. The govt should work together with the pharmaceutical industry to manufacture enough tests to be able to test every single suspected case.
There is early research from Korea and China suggesting that the only way to stop the spread of Covid-19 is to test every suspected case and and impose quarantines/ treat anyone with the virus. We do not have enough test kits to go round and this is why testing is restricted. Parliament or the Government are able to force this through if they feel it is in important in the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic. This is not an impossible task. It is a matter of companies re-allocating resources.
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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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