For every one with the symptoms to be tested for Coronavirus

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

'You can't fight a virus if you don't know where it is.
'Find, isolate, test and treat every case to break the chains of Covid transmission. Every case we find and treat limits the expansion of the disease.

But the UK Government is not following the advice of the WHO health chief, instead limiting testing to patients in hospital with serious breathing problems.
NHS England had announced an increase in testing capabilities which would allow them to carry out 10,000 tests a day.
But after the UK moved from the 'containment' phase to 'delay', the Government accepted millions would be infected and testing was no longer a priority.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: 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

14 Mar 2020	Petition opened for signatures
19 Mar 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 19 Mar 2020

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