Rejected petition Allow symptomatic health professionals the coronavirus test

Allow symptomatic health professionals to have the coronavirus test even if no direct contact. Presently they can only have the test if they returned from a high risk area or had direct contact with a case.

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10% of Italian doctors are infected. Testing health professionals who are sick with high fever etc is necessary to protect their patients, colleagues and families and in order to maintain NHS business continuity. These doctors may have been on the tube, at mass gatherings etc. This is a ticking time bomb but the government has a chance to mitigate damage by acting NOW!!!

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

Testing is a clinical decision for the NHS, not the UK Government or Parliament.

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

UK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public

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Date submitted 10 March 2020
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