Rejected petition Supply PPE equipment for all face-to-face public transport drivers.

There are 40,000+ bus drivers in Britain, few of whom have industry-supplied PPE.

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They have to handle cash (a prime spreader of COVID-19) and are in direct contact with the public in circumstances where it is impossible to implement social distancing. In many cases (on coaches and older buses) there is not even a screen to protect them. If a driver is asymptomatic, they are also at risk of contaminating their passengers. Whilst public transport is still allowed to function, the spread of the disease cannot be contained effectively and the government are putting lives at risk.

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You may wish to sign these petitions calling for the same action:

Provide all workers dealing with the public PPE to be protected from COVID-19: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/307866

Protect essential workers from contracting and spreading Covid-19: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/306387

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: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/

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

Date submitted 16 April 2020
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