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Release the full report and Government response to Exercise Cygnus 2016.

Submitted on Sunday 5th April 2020

Rejected on Thursday 21st May 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Release the full report and Government response to Exercise Cygnus 2016.

Petition Details

Did Ministers and Senior Civil Servants follow all the recommendations from an exercise held in October 2016, so that the UK had adequate ventilators, personal protection equipment and a strategy to test, trace & control the spread of a pandemic such as the current coronavirus COVID-19?

Additional Information

Prove that MPs, ministers and senior civil servants followed the best scientific advice and the country was prepared in the event of a pandemic, so the UK's citizens can have confidence in the Government's management of the health and financial crisis we all now face.


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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/316143

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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 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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