Petition · past parliament · Department of Health and Social Care
Take immediate action to find and isolate COVID-19 cases and recent contacts
Closed
79 signatures
What the petition asks
The World Health Organization has recommended that countries test every suspected case of COVID19, and isolate and treat every confirmed case. It also recommends that they trace every contact and isolate those for 14 days. We call on the UK government to do all these things.
The Director General of the World Health Organisation has said: "Several countries have demonstrated that this virus can be suppressed and controlled. The challenge for many countries […] is not whether they can do the same; it's whether they will." The UK is one of the few countries to stop contact tracing and quarantine. The UK needs to act in concert with the rest of the world to suppress and control this virus, both for ourselves and other countries, especially those which may have weaker health care systems.
Timeline
| 24 Apr 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 24 Oct 2020 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
79
Status
Closed
Department
Department of Health and Social Care
Opened
24 Apr 2020
Closed
24 Oct 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.