All coronavirus cases to be tested and documented even if not admitted.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended that testing and contact tracing be done for all covid19 cases in order to monitor and contain the pandemic. The government needs to mandate testing of those who need to self isolate as well as those admitted. It must relax travel criteria for tests

The contain stage has been abandoned without being fully committed to. The UK citizens are unable to self isolate with commitment while their covid status remains unknown. This presents problems for alerting contacts, attending work and assessing risk.
Many presentations are now emerging without history of travel/ with other flu symptoms, excluding these people from testing while claiming to increase test capacity is disingenuous & poor epidemiological rationale. The NHS needs accurate figures.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for the issue you raise. The conduct of tests is a clinical decision for the NHS, not the UK Government or Parliament.

We have published a petition calling for the Government to provide publicly accessible testing for coronavirus around the UK, which you might want to sign: Provide publicly accessible testing for the covid-19 virus around the UK now.

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

UK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public

Timeline

13 Mar 2020	Petition opened for signatures
17 Mar 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 17 Mar 2020

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