Submitted on Wednesday 8th April 2020
Rejected on Friday 5th June 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Keep schools closed in line with lockdown measures.
Keeps schools closed as part of the lockdown measures until daily new cases of Covid-19 are steadily under 100 per day or at least in very low hundreds and mass diagnostic tests are carried out in the community to identify cases, trace contacts, isolate even without symptoms and treat.
Opening schools too early will contribute to further increase in spread of the virus not just through inter household mixing of children at school but also through increasing mixing of adults during school drop off and pick up times. In case of secondary schools and colleges it will also make public transport, like buses and trains, much busier therefore less likely for people to stick to social distancing measures. It will aldo put at a severe disadvantage children with health conditions or from households with adults from at risk group, who will have to carry on self isolating.
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You may wish to sign some of these petitions:
Keep schools closed until Covid 19 is no longer a threat: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/316404
Stop opening nurseries until is safe to do so: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/320957
Keep schools closed in the UK until an effective Cov-19 vaccine is available: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/319292
Shut schools completely to stop putting teachers, TAs and pupils at risk: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/308013
No prosecution for parents that remove child from school during a pandemic: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300399
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