Give a portion of Vaccine supply to India

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

the situation in India is dire, thousands are dying daily from COVID-19 if the international community does not intervene the situation will worsen, the UK government can help to save lives by giving a portion of their vaccine supply directly to Indian communities.

By giving the Vaccines to local governments and communities the UK government can help to save lives. we can help prevent the worsening of the situation in a country with hundreds of thousands of cases and thousands of deaths a day, with many remaining unreported, we can help save lives, please hand over a portion of our vaccine supply to the local government in India, or at least raise awareness for the issue.

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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You may be interested to know that on 25 April the Government announced that it was sending medical equipment to India to support the country in its fight against COVID-19: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-sends-life-saving-medical-equipment-to-india

Timeline

24 Apr 2021	Petition opened for signatures
29 Apr 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 14

Status Rejected

Rejected 29 Apr 2021

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