Rejected petition For all covid-19 symptoms to be tested

I would like to see the government change the covid-19 testing system, to test patients with covid-19 symptoms in all walks of life and surroundings.

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This way we can protect our elderly and the vulnerable, we can establish who is at the greatest risk with isolation, for the safety of others this way we can also have a greater sense of numbers infected and a true sense of recovery which maybe reassurance to a lot of us, theses are terrifying times and we are not being shown the evidence to support your decisions.

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 Governemnt 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

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 15 March 2020
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