Rejected petition Work towards achieving a Zero COVID UK, i.e. the elimination of the virus

The UK government should fundamentally change its approach and work towards the strategic objective of achieving a Zero COVID
UK, i.e. the elimination of the virus from the UK.

New Zealand, Australia, Iceland and South Korea have successfuly achieved this and we need to learn from them.

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As explained by Independent SAGE the science suggests that a Zero Covid objective will both help the economy recover faster AND save lives by allowing the UK to get back to normal more quickly instead of prolonging the problem.

Currently the UK death toll is one of the highest in the world per capita and the economy hit the hardest. The current approach of 'flattening the curve' and 'making sure the NHS isn't overwhelmed' isn't good enough - we need to be much more ambitious.

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You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/333281

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 find 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 7 July 2020
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