Submitted on Wednesday 1st April 2020
Rejected on Thursday 23rd April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Government to prioritise extensive testing for coronavirus, COVID-19
Government to prioritise validation and use of antigen and antibody tests for Sars-CoV-2, the cause of COVID-19, to make them available to the public. This would reduce new infections and deaths associated with the virus, bring the British people back into work, and protect lives and our economy.
There are two tests for the coronavirus that is causing COVID-19: An antigen test that detects an active infection, and an antibody test that determines if someone has had an infection in the past and is now immune. There is a high number of people infected without any clinical signs. We petition the government to urgently extend both tests and make them available to the public, to allow people to return to work, thereby lessening the detrimental effect on the economy and people's mental health.
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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.
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 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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