Rejected petition Compensate the families of Covid-19 emergency workers who have lost their lives.

To give compensation to emergency workers’ families when they die during the Covid-19 emergency, similar to existing compensation for the loss of a firefighter.

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There is no difference between a firefighter dying in a blazing building attempting to rescue people, and a nurse who contracts and dies from Covid-19, whilst caring for the seriously sick. The families of the latter deserve the compensation of deceased firefighters.

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You may wish to sign some of these petitions:

Fund increased death in service benefits for NHS staff who die during Covid-19: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/307592

Provide financial security and compensation to the families of keyworker victims: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/315685

Provide pensions to all who lose their husband, wife or partner during Covid-19: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/311355

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 27 April 2020
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