Submitted on Saturday 21st March 2020
Rejected on Wednesday 6th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Allow workers who live with people at higher risk to stay home. COVID-19.
At present people with underlying health conditions are being asked to stay home to 'shield' themselves from COVID-19. They are limited in their ability to do so when spouses and other family members are having to go out to work every day. This should change.
A government directive on this would allow people with underlying health conditions to truly shield themselves and reduce the risk that they will become a burden on the NHS. At present if a family member chooses to stay home to protect their families, they have to do so on no pay. This makes it impossible for some to make the right decisions for their families.
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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/309049
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
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 can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
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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