Rejected petition Close UK schools because coronavirus cases are increasing and a danger to all.

Close UK schools because all we are doing is “wash your hands and sing happy birthday”
And UK cases are increasing and to stop this we need to protect all by not having huge gatherings like in schools because there is a lot of students and they could of gone anywhere and caught it.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Since you started your petition the Government has announced the closure of schools and colleges to most students: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-school-closures

Prior to these closures being announced, we had published a petition calling for the Government to close schools and colleges down for an appropriate amount of time amidst COVID19: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300403

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/coronavirus

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

Date submitted 16 March 2020
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