Submitted on Saturday 9th May 2020
Rejected on Wednesday 20th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
All people arriving in the UK should immediately be quarantined for two weeks.
The government has said it will adopt this measure in a few weeks. Why then but not now? The government exempts certain individuals, including keyworkers, particularly able to infect others. The quarantine should be compulsory, occur near to disembarkation, and be under UK Government control.
The UK has a shockingly high Covid-19 infection-rate. We note that countries that have been careful to control the entry of travellers during the pandemic have tended to have fewer Covid-19 cases. However, thousands of possibly contagious people are arriving in the UK and can immediately spread the disease almost anywhere within our borders. It's late for the UK to admit its mistake, but not too late. Effective quarantine must begin now, and can be reviewed as the pandemic progresses.
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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.
Enforce a 14 day quarantine on all new arrivals to the UK: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/312500
Start screening every person who enters UK for Coronavirus: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301188
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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