Rejected petition Please mark the day social distancing is abolished as a National Bank Holiday.

Rejected on 1 April 2020

To mark the date the government can confidently abolish social distancing, government should officially recognise this as a National Bank Holiday.

Reasons for this can be many and very varied. The way the whole country has come together for the NHS, Stay at Home, Protect the NHS, Save Lives, has united the country and communities. Everyone is in this together and shows how society can change and adapt quickly to work towards a common goal, never seen since world war 2. National Unity like this, on a scale never seen before, the key workers and volunteers, finally the lives lost and families/individuals effected need to be recognised.

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/304513

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

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