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COVID-19 Face masks/Face coverings to be worn by all citizens in public places

Submitted on Friday 24th April 2020

Rejected on Wednesday 27th May 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

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COVID-19 Face masks/Face coverings to be worn by all citizens in public places

Petition Details

Due to recent event which affected UK, wearing Face masks and/or Face coverings by all citizens in public places can help to prevent COVID-19 spread. Anyone can have it, anyone can spread it.

Additional Information

No implementation has been carried out yet.
At the moment, Face masks and Face coverings are not mandatory, bringing most of population to underestimate the Virus's danger.
We have many examples of countries which have implemented this measure and It seems helping to reduce the spread of COVID-19.


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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 some of these petitions:

Make it mandatory to wear a face mask in public during Covid-19 Pandemic: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304397

Supply and mandate the use of face masks and gloves: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/308209

Supply surgical masks to be used by the general public: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/306950

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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