Submitted on Friday 17th April 2020
Rejected on Wednesday 20th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Test everyone in the UK for COVID-19 and close the UK borders
We would like the government to test everyone in the UK for COVID-19 and shut down the borders. The lockdown currently in place is sensible but it is not effective without these additional measures. The government must implement additional measures so we can actually defeat the COVID-19 pandemic.
Without these additional measures, it will be exponentially harder to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic. Germany closed its borders and has been testing tens of thousands of people - and it’s handling the crisis much more effectively than the UK. Evidently, these measures must be implemented to allow the lockdown to truly be effective and allow us to return to normal.
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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 these petitions calling for the same action:
Close the Borders of the United Kingdom to Prevent the Spread of Coronavirus: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/309332
Provide publicly accessible testing for the covid-19 virus around the UK now: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301354
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 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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