This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition To order enough of the “have you had COVID-19” tests for EVERY U.K. citizen.
More has been invested into the economy than has been spent on COVID-19 tests. The people of the U.K. demand 1 test per person for each of the 66million citizens of this country. Any spares (if any) can be used on those who need to test multiple times.
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3.5 million of these tests have been ordered and there is a population of 66million. Nobody can predict whether you will react “mildly” or “critically” to COVID-19. Key workers can get back to work if they are now immune. Terrified “at risk” and “vulnerable” can be spared the worry if they can be proven to have had and recovered from the virus. The people call on the government to invest in these tests NOW, at a cost that is far more comparable to the huge sums being injected into the economy.
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/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/coronavirus
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/
Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
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