Rejected petition PHE to provide the exact location of COVID-19 cases every 24 hours

PHE to provide details of COVID19 cases every 24 hours following confirmation, by exact location to enable UK citizens to make informed decisions as to how they are able to respond in order to protect themselves

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Only the government can make this decision and it requires a debate in parliament and a vote on this petition to legislate the requirement, on the basis that the virus as a notifiable disease is now a public emergency.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Since this petition was created, the Chief Medical Officer has confirmed that daily updates will continue.

You can read his remarks during an appearance before the Health Select Committee at https://committees.parliament.uk/work/81/preparations-for-coronavirus/publications/

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 5 March 2020
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