The government must consider closing down borders, institutions and workplaces · petition

What the petition asks

As a resident of the United Kingdom I am quite concerned when it comes to tackling the spread of the Coronavirus. The government must consider closing down borders, institutions and factories which are not producing food for the general population. This can reduce the spread of the pandemic.

Recently, countries like the V4 states have decided to close down their borders to slow down the spread of the pandemic. This is proved to be somewhat effective, since there is a small number of increase of the given cases unlike in the Western European nations. There were 72 confirmed cases in the country, unlike in Italy where there were 27,980 cases. The Chinese cases recently proved that people can get re-infected even though they recovered from the virus. Due to the word count limitations I can't include more references. If is possible I would be more than happy to include more references.

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 these petitions calling for the same action:

Complete UK lockdown of all business but those essential to our survival: Complete UK lockdown of all business but those essential to our survival

Have a complete lock down to control the spread of the virus: Have a complete lock down to control the spread of the virus

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/coronavirus

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

Timeline

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