Submitted on Friday 20th March 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 31st March 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Test everyone for Covid-19 to save lives, reduce lockdown and rescue the economy
Given the success of Korea in containing the spread and mortality rate of Covid-19 with mass tests and tracing, it would be in the interest of every country to pursue a similar approach. Otherwise countries risk overburdening their populations and health systems, as we have seen in Italy
If every test costs GBP 100 then a country of 60 million would need to spend GBP 6 billion on one test for all. This is a fraction of what any government is currently spending on fiscal supporting measures. A successful testing and tracing programme should cut the recovery time for all economies, lower the psychological stress on the population and most importantly reduce mortality rates. As of 19 March, WHO data show Korea with 84 deaths from Covid-19, Italy with 2,978 and the UK with 103
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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
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