Petition · past parliament
Test everyone for Corona virus as recommended by the World Health Organisation
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Follow the guidelines recommend by the World Health Organisation , provide the tests to everyone,
It all come down to information being so very important , the world needs to know exactly how many cases and where they are to be able to track and isolate this virus and save lives...
https://www.itv.com/news/2020-03-16/coronavirus-test-world-health-organisation/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8117701/amp/World-Health-Organization-attacks-UK-not-testing-coronavirus-patients.html#aoh=15845233823159&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s
https://www.itv.com/news/2020-03-16/coronavirus-test-world-health-organisation/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8117701/amp/World-Health-Organization-attacks-UK-not-testing-coronavirus-patients.html#aoh=15845233823159&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s
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/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
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/
Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
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
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/
Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
Timeline
| 18 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.