This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Take steps to end the COVID-19 Lockdown
Begin a transition to end the COVID-19 lockdown as soon as new daily cases consistently drop- maintaining it for too long will destroy the economy and may possibly cause more deaths than the virus itself.
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We hereby call upon the UK Government to take steps towards ending the COVID-19 lockdown.
We accept that COVID-19 poses a serious risk to a proportion of the population, and therefore believe that the Government should continue to recommend that those at risk remain indoors- if in doubt, don’t go out.
However, a long term lockdown may cause more deaths than the virus itself due to depression, cancelled treatments and unemployment.
Please protect our well being as well as our health.
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On 10 May the Prime Minister gave a speech about the Government's plans for reopening society: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-address-to-the-nation-on-coronavirus-10-may-2020
The Government has also published a more detailed recovery strategy, and updated much of its coronavirus guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/our-plan-to-rebuild-the-uk-governments-covid-19-recovery-strategy
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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