Submitted on Thursday 31st December 2020
Rejected on Wednesday 6th January 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Don’t ask teachers to test pupils for COVID-19
Gavin Williamson has announced this morning that mass testing in schools will be done by school staff. Teachers and school support staff have had an enormous amount of pressure to continue working or change their working methods at very short notice throughout 2020. Medical testing is not their job.
The Government needs to consider the safety of all teachers and school support staff. Additional work and responsibilities should not be placed with these staff who have their own families and cannot protect themselves from exposure to numerous households. The government is asking them to increase their risk of contracting COVID-19 as part of their daily work.
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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/563806
Since you started your petition schools have been closed to most students. You can read the Prime Minister's announcement of new Covid-19 restrictions, including school closures, here: www.gov.uk/government/speeches/prime-ministers-address-to-the-nation-4-january-2021
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