This petition was submitted during the 2019 to 2024 Parliament
Rejected petition Make Coronavirus testing kits available to the public by post.
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The government needs to make mass testing possible in order to track and isolate the spread of the disease. Create a mailable kit that can be self-administered and either posted back or dropped off in a large bin (like a bottle bank) which is emptied daily.
If we don't know if we have it - we can't self isolate. Any of us could have it right now and be walking around infecting our families, friends and co-workers. But if we had a way of self-testing new could isolate ourselves
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for the issue you raise. The conduct of tests is a clinical decision for the NHS, not the UK Government or Parliament.
You could start a petition calling for the Government to provide additional resources to increase their testing capacity, if that's something you'd like to see happen.
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.