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SCRAP 14-days quarantine for UK arrival and do instant tests on airport

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

Most people arriving in the UK will have to self-isolate for 14 days from June 8 under Government plans.

This will not work now for our failing economy, travel industry, social life and most importantly our holidays and jobs.

We need instant COVID-19 tests in airports
This 14-days quarantine rule will not work and will cripple our travel industry and economy. We can't expect people to go on 2-4 days holidays and then isolate themselves for 2 weeks. There will be no point in going on holidays during long bank holidays.

Employers will not approve any holidays and might offer unpaid holidays. This will seriously affect travel industry specially airlines (almost bankrupted). This will hit hard our mental health too.

Simple - We need instant tests on airport

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 some of these petitions:

Do not enforce a compulsory quarantine on people arriving in the UK: Do not enforce a compulsory quarantine on people arriving in 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: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/

Timeline

23 May 2020 Petition opened for signatures
28 May 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18
Status Rejected
Rejected 28 May 2020

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