This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Perform COVID-19 checks and quarantine on incoming flight passengers to the UK
Issue mandatory 14 day quarantine for incoming commercial flight passengers. Quarantine to be at pre-arranged residence with no other residents, or government arranged residence if pre-arranged residence unavailable.
People to be regularly checked, ensuring they do not break the quarantine rules.
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The UK is currently in Lockdown and the COVID-19 and signs are that the curve is flattening.
Incoming passengers could already be infected and can infect others which, could be a further 3 people for each incoming person to the UK.
The result will have a negative impact on the current Lockdown results setting up the UK for an even more disastrous winter of illness and economic impact which, will be impossible to reverse for many years.
Other countries are practicing the quarantine rules.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
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Enforce a 14 day quarantine on all new arrivals to the UK: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/312500
Start screening every person who enters UK for Coronavirus: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301188
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 and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/
Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
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