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Petition · past parliament · Department for Transport

Mandatory COVID tests at airports/ports for departing and arriving travellers

Closed 268 signatures

What the petition asks

Introduce testing stations at airports & ports in the UK for departure and arriving flights/ferries to ensure that travellers are able to board ‘COVID free’ flights & sailings. Also for the arriving travellers to be tested before leaving the airport and isolated if necessary.
COVID is still spreading. Cases are still on the rise. We are seeing more and more local restrictions being rolled out. The virus was brought into the country via a traveller. Therefore if testing at airports/ports is successful, this may help reduce the number of cases being transferred worldwide. It would enable a more through database of track and trace and could possibly assist in pin pointing the area in which a person was infected, therefore enabling in quicker containment and treatment.

Timeline

7 Oct 2020 Petition opened for signatures
7 Apr 2021 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 268
Status Closed
Department Department for Transport
Opened 7 Oct 2020
Closed 7 Apr 2021

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