Rejected petition Help under 20’s (13-20yrs) threw UK lockdown measures and mental health issues

Due to the UK Lockdown measures there has been an increase in under 20’s depression, anxiety and suicide attempts,
To resolve this situation I think covid-19 tests should be issued to age groups between 13-20yrs to get this age groups life back to normal sooner rather than later.

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The reason is due to the lack of socialisation with friends or family and the lack of motivation, it is understandable that we can not see our friends or family with more than groups of 2, but this is a situation that needs to be thought about and taken seriously, it is a difficult time for everyone of all ages but teenagers (13+) thrive off of face to face interaction and part the reason this age group (between 13-20) needs this socialisation to stop them from Becoming more vulnerable to life changing mental illnesses.

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Since you started your petition the Government has made Covid-19 testing available to anyone with sympotms of Covid-19. You can find out how to get tested here: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/testing-and-tracing/get-an-antigen-test-to-check-if-you-have-coronavirus/

Public Health England, working with the NHS, has also launched a Covid-19 mental health campaign: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/covid-19-mental-health-campaign-launches

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Emergency funding increase for mental health services due to Covid -19 pandemic: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/307724

Provide publicly accessible testing for the covid-19 virus around the UK now: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301354

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 find 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/

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Date submitted 22 April 2020
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