Submitted on Friday 20th March 2020
Rejected on Wednesday 15th April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Seal UK borders to prevent Covid19 reinfection
Immediately seal the UK border to prevent reinfection from Covid19. This will support current Government actions to suppress the transmission of Covid19 and protect all UK citizens from further indiscriminate spreading of the virus.
Covid19 entered the UK via international travel. Singapore and China are getting reinfections as people enter their countries. Most countries have sealed their borders or are in the process of sealing borders. The UK Government has kept our border wide open for unlimited foreign citizen entry. This means thousands of visitors and immigrants entering the UK every week without any health screening.
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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.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action.
Close the Borders of the United Kingdom to Prevent the Spread of Coronavirus: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/309332
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 correspondence with Government Ministers asking further questions: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
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