Petition · past parliament

Test All Health Care Workers with suspected Covid-19 virus immediately.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Test all suspected Health Care workers.
Provide disposable protective gear for them.
To get the frontline workers back to work ASAP to help fight the disease, and protect them from the outbreak.

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: Make Covid-19 testing available for all healthcare professionals.

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

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 31 Mar 2020

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.