This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Put children back a school year at least / until a vaccine is found for Covid-19
The risk of sending children back to school before a vaccine is found for Covid-19 is putting all families at risk.
They must not be used as guinea pigs in this Pandemic!
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PUT ALL CHILDREN BACK A SCHOOL YEAR!
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You may wish to sign some of these petitions:
Repeat the current school year from Sept 2020: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/319171
Require schools to allow children the option to retake their year next year: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/309265
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/
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