Rejected petition End lockdown immediately

Lockdown is causing enormous financial and psychological damage to the country and should be ended immediately.

Lockdown goes against fundamental human rights by keeping people away from their families, cancelling elections and forbidding protests (Articles 5,3 and 11 of the ECHR)

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Before lockdown was implemented travel had already decreased and the population were taking sensible measures to reduce the spread of the virus without legislation.

Mental health problems are rising as people are kept in confinement away from their family and friends, and so will unemployment. Life saving operations have been postponed indefinitely and people without coronavirus are not getting the care they need. Lockdown will lead to more deaths in the future and should end.

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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/315979

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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Date submitted 6 May 2020
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