UK Government to continue with Community Testing for COVID-19 (Track & Trace)

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

UK Government to continue with community testing for COVID-19.
Reinstate testing stations within communities as per phase 1 (containment /detect). Apparently new testing kits (results within 10 minutes) have been produced and be available within weeks for NHS & public. Provide free at test stations

The Government /Public Health needs a true and accurate recording /database of the virus location.
We can't fight or contain the virus if we don't know the location or who has it. With community testing currently halted, with only hospital admissions being tested, this will not tell the true story of the UK outbreak. Therefore UK government statistics will be extremely low and inaccurate for positive results. This data will be extremely useful for fighting viruses now & further virus outbreaks.

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 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 19 Mar 2020

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