Submitted on Sunday 22nd March 2020
Rejected on Wednesday 15th April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: already-happening (see below for details)
Close retail stores to protect its staff from the spread of COVID-19
To close retail shops in towns, cities & shopping centres to help stop the spread of COVID-19. The public are still not abiding by its governments advice of staying home and avoiding busy areas. We should be closing shops that have an online option of buying and self serving.
We want to protect retail employees who currently don’t have a choice but to open its doors to the public and to protect them against the spread of COVID-19, these employees still have families to go home to and could put them at risk of the virus all the time staff need to work in retail stores.
Most of retail does not need to be open, customers still have the ability to shop online and self serve via its websites and also calling customer services
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Since you started your petition, the Government has imposed a number of restrictions on individuals and businesses as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. You can find out what you can and can't do here: www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-outbreak-faqs-what-you-can-and-cant-do/coronavirus-outbreak-faqs-what-you-can-and-cant-do
If you wish the Government to place further restrictions on individuals and businesses, you may wish to sign some of the petitions below.
If you want the Government to consider closing down offices and businesses and ordering home working, you may wish to sign this petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301439
If you want the Government to close all businesses that 'are not vital', you may wish to sign this petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/308122
If you want the Government to implement a complete lockdown, you may wish to sign this petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/310805
If you want the Government to close all shops including supermarkets, you may wish to sign this petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/310341
If you want the Government to close all 'unnecessary businesses including takeaways', you may wish to sign this petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/307294
If you would like the Government to close all non-essential online stores and warehouses, you may wish to sign this petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/311765
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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