This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Close the boarders into the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has been in lockdown since the 23 March, but we still have a high rate of infection and death from COVID-19. Close the U.K. borders and prevent further people infected with the virus bringing it into the U.K.
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Because the U.K. needs to gain control over the rate of infection of COVID-19. The rate of deaths also still needs to reduce drastically. Neither of these things can be done whilst there are people still entering the U.K. from other countries. Asking people to quarantine for 14 days at a specified address is not good enough. The rule can be easily flouted!
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Why was this petition rejected?
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You may wish to sign these petitions calling for the same action.
Close down all UK airports & seaports to prevent further spreading of Covid-19: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300932
Close the Borders of the United Kingdom to Prevent the Spread of Coronavirus: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/309332
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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