This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Abolish domestic COVID-status certification in the United Kingdom
We want the Government to abolish all domestic COVID-status certification remaining in use.
Due to high vaccination & booster uptake, continued relaxation of restrictions, and fast approaching endemicity of coronavirus, it is neither right nor proportionate to continue such measures in Britain.
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COVID-status certification is one of the most contentious issues Britain has faced since Brexit.
Serious legal & ethical issues remain if it were continued for voluntary use, especially with regard to the Human Rights Act (1998), Equalities Act (2010) & Public Health Act (1984).
As cases, hospitalisation, and mortality rates continue to plummet. Covid certification is no longer a necessary or useful tool for public health surveillance & must be expunged from our society never to return.
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The Government has announced that it will remove the current guidance on voluntary COVID-status certification in domestic settings and no longer recommend that certain venues use the NHS COVID Pass: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prime-minister-sets-out-plan-for-living-with-covid
We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:
Outlaw discrimination on the basis of vaccination status: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/596004
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