Temperature-checks in public places and aggressive contact-tracing. · petition

What the petition asks

The UK is not the first to be see SARS-CoV-2019 spread through the population. This allows us to learn from others. Singapore and South Korea have shown that widespread testing, temperature-checks in public places, aggressive contact-tracing of infected people, and enforced quarantine can help.

To protect the people of the UK, we need to be pro-active in how we respond to the virus while minimising the strain on the economy. By mobilising resources to identify, trace, and monitor infected people, we can prevent the virus from spreading to protect the most vulnerable members of our communities. If managed well, we will effectively minimise the need for schools, workplaces, and commerce to shut down to prevent the virus from spreading.

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.

Since you started your petition the Government has announced that testing for coronavirus (COVID-19) will increase to 25,000 a day: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/testing-for-coronavirus-covid-19-will-increase-to-25-000-a-day

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

16 Mar 2020	Petition opened for signatures
25 Mar 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee