This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Implement a minimum 14 day quarantine period for any person arriving in the UK
In the fight against COVID-19, I would like the UK government to seriously debate implementing a minimum 14 day quarantine period for any person arriving at any port in the UK.
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I am not satisfied with the UK governments actions in order to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. If there are ~15000 people arriving in the UK across our ports every day, not implementing a compulsory minimum 14 day quarantine period makes a mockery of the lockdown and the “stay safe, stay home“ slogan. If non quarantined or tested individuals are allowed to enter the UK ports unchecked, how can the UK possibly beat COVID-19 and save lives!
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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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