Rejected petition All public venues should provide hand sanitiser dispensers for public use

From the stories emerging during the Coronavirus outbreak, it seems that many people do not wash their hands when they should, and this leads to the spread of diseases.
Wall mounted hand sanitiser dispensers should be located in all public places, and people should be encouraged to use them.

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There is currently a shortage of hand sanitiser; everyone now wants to buy it because of Covid-19.
Clearly more people now realise the importance of cleansing their hands more often.
If hand sanitiser dispensers were provided in all public places - restaurants, cafes, shops, pubs, sporting events etc., people would get used to using them which could vastly reduce the transmission of all types of disease in future. This could save the NHS a great deal of money, and avoid many lost working hours.

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Date submitted 14 March 2020
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