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This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament

Rejected petition Don’t open schools until the number of Coronavirus cases drop dramatically

Not to open schools until the number of cases have dramatically dropped from coronavirus. 5 stages would have to be met before this is granted.

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The five stages would include:

1 - much lower cases for Covid-19
2 - A national plan for social distancing
3 - testing, testing, testing!
4 - a whole school strategy
5 - protection for the vulnerable

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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You may wish to sign some of these petitions:

Keep schools closed until Covid 19 is no longer a threat: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/316404

Halt the reopening of schools until the NEU's 5 tests are met: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/321101

Delay the reopening of schools to September: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/318206

Reopen schools in August with shorter summer holidays for a transition period: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/320459

Keep schools closed in the UK until an effective Cov-19 vaccine is available: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/319292

Delay opening of schools until Test Track and Trace for Covid 19 is working: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/320891

Shut schools completely to stop putting teachers, TAs and pupils at risk: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/308013

No prosecution for parents that remove child from school during a pandemic: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300399

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 find 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.