Offer wide scale community testing for coronavirus

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

I call on the government to offer wide scale community/population testing for anyone who suspects they have the virus and contact tracing to identify and seclude clusters of infections? Ideally through mobile testing centres/drive thorough testing available in every town.

We cannot stop this pandemic, if we don’t know who is infected. Testing only those in hospitals gives us no clear sense of how or where this virus is spreading.

The most effective way to prevent infections and save lives is “breaking the chains of transmission”.

Why it was rejected

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

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

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

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 25 Mar 2020

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