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Introduce weekly COVID-19 tests for “Key Workers”

Submitted on Wednesday 25th March 2020

Rejected on Tuesday 31st March 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Introduce weekly COVID-19 tests for “Key Workers”

Petition Details

Due to the increasing amount of COVID-19 cases, key workers who must continue to work are even more likely to become infected with the virus.

Additional Information

In order to protect key workers from the virus, weekly tests should be introduced in order to add another line of protection for them and to prevent the spread of the virus.


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This petition was rejected

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: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301354

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 letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/

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