Petition Prioritise coronavirus testing for people with learning disabilities

The death rate for people with learning disabilities in care has increased by 175% during the Coronavirus outbreak. Yet they are denied testing if they are asymptomatic. We call on the Govt. to allow coronavirus testing for asymptomatic people with learning disabilities in care.

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https://www.carehome.co.uk/news/article.cfm/id/1625875/Coronavirus-testing-denied-to-people-with-learning-disabilities-despite-huge-rise-in-their-deaths

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

253 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 253 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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Date closed 28 November 2020
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