This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition All coronavirus cases to be tested and documented even if not admitted.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended that testing and contact tracing be done for all covid19 cases in order to monitor and contain the pandemic. The government needs to mandate testing of those who need to self isolate as well as those admitted. It must relax travel criteria for tests
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The contain stage has been abandoned without being fully committed to. The UK citizens are unable to self isolate with commitment while their covid status remains unknown. This presents problems for alerting contacts, attending work and assessing risk.
Many presentations are now emerging without history of travel/ with other flu symptoms, excluding these people from testing while claiming to increase test capacity is disingenuous & poor epidemiological rationale. The NHS needs accurate figures.
This petition was rejected
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.
We have published a petition calling for the Government to provide publicly accessible testing for coronavirus around the UK, which you might want to sign: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301354
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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