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A national day of remembrance for those that have lost their lives due to COVID

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Create a national day of remembrance on March 5th 2021 to honour all those who have lost their lives in the UK due to the global COVID pandemic
Many thousands of people have lost their lives with many not being able to mourn their deaths due to social distancing. May their deaths not be in vain, may we all mourn together.

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 these petitions calling for the same action:

National holiday of remembrance of those who died during the virus covid-19: National holiday of remembrance of those who died during the virus covid-19

Designate a day for the recognition of our NHS and all Emergency Services: Designate a day for the recognition of our NHS and all Emergency Services.

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 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

16 Apr 2020 Petition opened for signatures
19 May 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 19 May 2020

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