Rejected petition Start shut down of all work/public gatherings for two weeks to halt the spread

Temporary measures to be enforced across the country to encourage social distancing

We need to go to full lockdown to minimise the transmission risk.

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The only way to prevent this is social distancing today. Not tomorrow. Today.

That means keeping as many people home as possible, starting now.
You have the power and the responsibility to prevent this.

This is an exponential threat. Every day counts. Every day that there isn’t social distancing, these cases grow exponentially.

More details and data on this link show other countries' success at handling it.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301397.

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Date submitted 11 March 2020
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