Rejected petition Close schools, colleges and universities

Reclose schools and colleges due to increase in COVID-19 cases and the new variant. We are seeing cases of students and teachers catching the virus since schools have reopened and a new variant is rapidly increasing across London and the East/South East of England

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Today 41,385 people tested positive for covid-19 and a further 357 people have died. Millions of people are under a tier 4 lockdown but keeping schools and colleges open won't bring the cases down enough for the tier system lockdowns to be effective. Closing schools and colleges for a minimum of 4 weeks will not only help to reduce the numbers but also protect those that are vulnerable. The new variant is rapidly spreading and I fear keeping the schools open will spread it even faster

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Reclose schools and colleges due to increase in COVID-19 cases: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/550846

Require university campuses to close to stop the spread of COVID-19: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/552512

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Date submitted 28 December 2020
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