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Quarantine & mandatory Coronavirus testing for all Foreign born nationals!

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

We believe that all Foreign born nationals entering our country should face mandatory quarantine and Coronavirus testing.
The same would apply to all British nationals arriving back in the UK after lockdown
Introduce mandatory quarantine and Coronavirus testing for all Foreign born nationals to help stop the spread of the virus.
Although most flights have stopped, there are still some arriving in to the country
Mandatory quarantine and Coronavirus testing now!

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.

Enforce a 14 day quarantine on all new arrivals to the UK: Enforce a 14 day quarantine on all new arrivals to the UK

Start screening every person who enters UK for Coronavirus: 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 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

3 May 2020 Petition opened for signatures
20 May 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 20 May 2020

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