Rejected petition All schools should allow students to wear surgical masks to prevent COVID-19

To allow all students including teachers to wear surgical mask to prevent any further spread of COVID-19/ coronavirus due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the UK, making a small difference will create a big impact for the future and could lower the spread of the virus.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

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

It is up to individual schools to make decisions about what students can and can't wear at school, not the Government or Parliament.

The Government announced on Wednesday 18 March that all schools would close to most students from Friday 20 March.

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 12 March 2020
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