This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Make wearing of masks compulsory in supermarkets.
Government to protect retail workers and the public against getting infected with Covid -19
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Government should make it mandatory wearing of masks in Supermarkets
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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You may wish to sign some of these petitions:
Make it mandatory to wear a face mask in public during Covid-19 Pandemic: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304397
Supply and mandate the use of face masks and gloves: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/308209
Supply surgical masks to be used by the general public: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/306950
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/
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