Petition · past parliament
Test everyone arriving into UK via airport/seaports inc. sea and airline workers
Rejected
10 signatures
What the petition asks
All persons entering the UK via any means, should be tested for COVID19.
This will prevent the spread of the virus around the United Kingdom.
All passengers, and crews should be tested for COVID19.
This will prevent the spread of the virus around the United Kingdom.
All passengers, and crews should be tested for COVID19.
The UK doesn’t currently check any persons arriving in the UK.
People are allowed to enter the country from other countries around the world whom have large numbers of COVID19 cases.
Flight crew and sea crews are frontline key workers and are working in close proximity to airport and seaport workers in other countries, and passengers onboard their vessels.
These frontline key workers are possibly spreading the COVID19 virus around the world
People are allowed to enter the country from other countries around the world whom have large numbers of COVID19 cases.
Flight crew and sea crews are frontline key workers and are working in close proximity to airport and seaport workers in other countries, and passengers onboard their vessels.
These frontline key workers are possibly spreading the COVID19 virus around the world
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: Start screening every person who enters UK for Coronavirus
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
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 can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
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: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
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 can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
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: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
Timeline
| 12 Apr 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 28 May 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
10
Status
Rejected
Rejected
28 May 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.