Submitted on Monday 4th January 2021
Rejected on Friday 15th January 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: already-happening (see below for details)
Introduce airport arrival testing to reduce the spread of Covid-19 in the UK
Implement testing of Covid-19 for arrivals to UK airports, on arrival and several days afterwards at appropriate intervals, e.g. 5 and 10 days. Follow up with passengers on a daily basis by email, phone or text, to check for symptoms.
Covid-19 enters the UK unchecked via airport arrivals. Compared to other areas, such as the Channel Islands, mainland UK provision is lacking. Current efforts to suppress have not stopped it mutating & migrating. In Scotland Covid-19 was almost eliminated, but travel into the country saw it surge,"the majority of lineages responsible for the second wave are
new introductions from outside of Scotland & many from outside of the UK."(SAGE, 9 Dec, 2020).Protect people with testing & frequent checks.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Since you started your petition the Government has announced mandatory COVID-19 testing for international arrivals to England: www.gov.uk/government/news/mandatory-covid-19-testing-introduced-to-bolster-border-measures
We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Mandatory COVID tests at airports/ports for departing and arriving travellers: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/551550
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