Reinstate COVID “shielding” for extremely vulnerable individuals NOW.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Extremely vulnerable individuals to COVID 19 are defined in government guidance including : transplant, cancer and immune therapy patients. These were asked to shield up to August 1st when COVID cases were around 700/day. They are now over 3000. The risk has increased four fold.

Government must urgently reinstate shielding guidance for extremely vulnerable individuals and their employers, and reinstate support to keep individuals safe from the current spike in cases until such a time as background levels fall to where they were when shielding ended.
This must be done TODAY as the risk is exponentially increasing and delays will increase risk to our most vulnerable.

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:

Extend shielding until further notice: Extend shielding until further notice

Protect the clinically vulnerable, including diabetics, during Covid-19: Protect the clinically vulnerable, including diabetics, during Covid-19

Fund & provide services to allow the vulnerable to shield & re-open the economy: Fund & provide services to allow the vulnerable to shield & re-open the economy

Timeline

14 Sep 2020	Petition opened for signatures
9 Oct 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 9 Oct 2020

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