Submitted on Sunday 22nd March 2020
Rejected on Wednesday 15th April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Temporarily close UK borders to stop the spread of SARS-CoV-2
Petitioning the government to temporarily close UK boarders to non essential and leisure travel.
Many other countries have done this and found it advantageous. I do appreciate with the current confirmed and projected infection rates the horse has somewhat bolted. However, it would give the country more control over the situation. Stopping travel from other countries, especially those with with high infection rates could reduce the amount of active cases wandering around and stop even more spread of infection, which will inevitably help reduce the curve and reduce the strain to the NHS.
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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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