Rejected petition Declare an extra Bank Holiday in 2021 to celebrate finally defeating Covid.

Declare an extra Bank Holiday once the vaccine has been rolled out, either during the late August Bank Holiday, or over the Christmas / New Year period.

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We've had such an awful 2020, with the deaths of thousands, the mental health toll of Christmas and New Year's Eve in lockdown, and the stress on the NHS and key workers. But we've got the cure now, and we'll finally beat Covid in 2021. We need an occasion to mark this extraordinary national effort in finally beating this terrible Covid-19 disease.

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You might like to sign the following petitions:

Create a one off Bank Holiday on Monday June 21st 2021.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/555205

Create UK Bank Holidays on 25th and 28th June 2021 in lieu of Christmas 2020
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/564183

Make 26th & 27th July 2021 a one off Double Bank Holiday - Christmas in July!
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/561169

Create extra bank holidays to make up for those that took place under COVID.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/564471

Extra Bank Holiday when Covid restrictions are finally lifted
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/563958

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Date submitted 30 December 2020
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