Close schools until after Christmas 2020

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

To close all schools throughout the UK until Jan 2021

Covid19 is spreading fast in schools, the cases of coronavirus went up enormously from September 2020. The virus needs to be contained, this won’t happen whilst schools are open. These children who have the virus are going home to sometimes elderly and vulnerable parents/Grandparents.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Reclose schools and colleges due to increase in COVID-19 cases

Further information

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 find 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

26 Nov 2020	Petition opened for signatures
2 Dec 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 2 Dec 2020

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