Submitted on Saturday 2nd January 2021
Rejected on Tuesday 5th January 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Close all Schools and Universities due to the rise in Covid cases.
Reclose all schools due to the high risk of catching Covid at the current time, which at the moment is way worse than when schools were closed in March. If they were closed then, why not now, when the risk is much greater?
It is a threat to human life to keep schools open. As aforementioned, the risk is high, and it's simply unfair to prioritise exams and school work over a Global Pandemic. The fact that the new stain is much more infectious, and children as young as 9 years old are dying from covid, shows it also poses a risk to the children themsekves, and not just those who come in contact with them.
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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 university campuses to be closed: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/552512
Since you started your petition the Government has announced that primary schools, secondary schools and colleges across England must move to remote provision from 5 January 2021, except for vulnerable children and the children of key workers.
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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