Provide COVID-19 testing for all UK residents with suspected exposure/symptoms

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The World Health Organisation has said countries should find and test every case of coronavirus to stop the pandemic. The UK government is only testing the most seriously ill who present at hospital.

a) The UK will not be able to track accurately cases and obtain statistics which are crucial in fighting this pandemic.
b) People will not know whether they have been exposed causing unnecessary alarm. They will continue to live in fear and self-imposed isolation.
c) People cannot take steps to protect the most vulnerable (whether they are colleagues/friends/family).
d) Others countries such as Sth Korea have been able to manage the outbreak through testing resulting in less extreme lockdowns.

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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