Rejected petition Enforce Covid-19 screening of passengers at London Heathrow airport

Rejected on 21 May 2020

London Heathrow is one of the UK airports to remain open amidst Covid-19.

In attempt to get stranded Brits home, London Heathrow has now become a hub for transmission of Covid-19 - with lack of safeguarding for workers, other passengers and the general public.

Public enforcements are in place to encourage people to stay indoors, limit interactions and only leave the house for necessities, 1 form of exercise and work - only if unable to do so from home. However, Airlines are still operating from London Heathrow Airport daily.

LHR needs to enforce screening of passengers embarking and disembarking flights to and from the UK, in aid to help prevent further spread of the virus.

Please join me in signing this petition to further protect us from Covid-19.

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/301188

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

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 can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

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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