Rejected petition Close the UK’s borders IMMEDIATELY and enforce strict quarantine rules

We request that the UK Government close our borders immediately in an attempt to stop the spread of Covid19. We also seek the UK Government to apply strict health-checks and Quarantine rules on any remaining repatriation flights which are seeking to land at UK airports

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For several weeks now, we have been told to Stay Home, Save Lives in an attempt to stop the spread of Covid19. We have been told repeatedly that Social Distancing is one of the only ways in which we can stop this deadly virus in its tracks, yet the UK Government see fit to continue to allow 15,000 people PER DAY to enter the UK, some of these from Covid19 hotspots, without any testing or quarantine rules being applied. This is Criminal and goes against all policy and guidance on this subject

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

Close down all UK airports & seaports to prevent further spreading of Covid-19: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300932

Close the Borders of the United Kingdom to Prevent the Spread of Coronavirus: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/309332

Enforce a 14 day quarantine on all new arrivals to the UK: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/312500

Start screening every person who enters UK for Coronavirus: 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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Date submitted 17 April 2020
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