Submitted on Wednesday 1st April 2020
Rejected on Thursday 28th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make Official Testing for Coronavirus free and available to all UK residence.
The W.H.O gave clear instructions for nations to begin social distancing measures and wide spread testing immediately. However, due to indecisive action, the UK now faces a death toll of over 2,000 and rising, with only 135 people fully recovered. For our Health and Safety testing must be made free.
Other countries, such as South Korea who were rapid in their response, now only face declining numbers and a minimal death toll. As the 5th richest country in the world, the UK must now follow example of other nations, and invest fully in a rapid programme to create wide spread testing facilities available to all citizens, free of charge. The Government declined medical support from the EU, saying it was fully capable of dealing with the crisis independently, now is the time to show it.
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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: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301354
Since you started your petition the Government has published guidance about how to get a coronavirus test: www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-getting-tested
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: committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
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