Submitted on Saturday 25th April 2020
Rejected on Wednesday 27th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
mandatory outdoors use of masks and/or face covers
To urge the government to make the outdoors use of masks and/or face masks compulsory
Evidence published in the New England Journal of Medicine https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2009324 suggests an important route of transmission is through aerosol generated during normal breathing and talking. The aerosol particles stay in the air for long, thus making the current social distanc ing measures ineffective.
Countries in which the use of masks is mandatory or more widespread seem to do better
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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 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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