Rejected petition Deliver weekly food packs to homes during COVID-19 so supermarkets are less busy

Everybody should be assigned a standard food package for the week which should be delivered to households by sufficiently paid supermarket workers. Supermarkets should then be closed for most of the week. Some dietary requirements such as vegetarianism or common allergies can be taken into account.

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Despite schools having shut, the numbers of cases of Coronavirus are still rising rapidly and are likely to peak in the coming weeks. This is mainly due to interactions such as going into supermarkets to buy food due to the lack of online delivery slots, and waiting in very long queues. To reduce the spread of the disease and, ultimately, the number of deaths, the Government should deliver food instead (which would enable supermarket closures and allow more people to stay at home, saving lives).

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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/306394

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: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 2 April 2020
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