Submitted on Thursday 19th March 2020
Rejected on Friday 17th April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Adopt strict measures to prevent newborns from catching COVID-19 in labour wards
For staff in labour wards and maternity units to:
- be routinely checked against COVID-19
- wear adequate equipment, including FFP3 masks
- take all necessary precautions, including limiting or banning visits
We also ask that pregnant mothers are tested even in the presence of milder symptoms.
To date, the evidence on the effects of coronavirus on pregnant women and newborns is very limited. They are a category at risk, as emphasised by the prime minister's speech on Monday 16, 2020.
The recent infection of a newborn in the Middlesex hospital raises concerns that newborns can be either contract the virus in the womb, or that the environment is not safe enough for mothers (infected or not) delivering their babies.
We ask for more testing and better equipment for maternity NHS staff.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Decisions on treatments and protective measures are decisions for individuals hospital trusts and clinicians and not the UK Government or Parliament.
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