Submitted on Wednesday 17th June 2020
Rejected on Wednesday 8th July 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make face masks mandatory in all public spaces
It has been proven that face masks CAN reduce transmission of COVID-19 significantly, however these are only enforced on public transport. To help control and eradicate the virus, the government must make the wearing of face masks mandatory in all public areas to reduce any transmission
Due to the wearing of face masks merely being recommended in public areas such as offices, shopping centres, supermarkets, and city centres, the transmission of COVID-19 is considerably high even with 2 metre social distancing. In several areas there is not available room for this distancing, which without face masks could cause transmission even in the smallest amount of time. Every precaution must be taken for the UK to return to life prior to the pandemic.
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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.
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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304397
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
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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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