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Prioritise all essential workers for covid-19 vaccines

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Prioritise key segments of the essential workforce putting themselves at risk day in day out for COVID-19 vaccines. These are unsung heroes.
Essential workers specifically teachers, childcare professionals, supermarket workers and all health and social care professionals should have the vaccine. These are unsung heroes putting their lives at risk to help others during this pandemic situation.

Why it was rejected

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

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Timeline

27 Jan 2021 Petition opened for signatures
4 Feb 2021 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 4 Feb 2021

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