This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Immediately ban or test arrivals from China for covid
Due to the increasing Covid crisis in China, immediately introduce eith a ban or testing on passengers arriving from that region, who have been there in the last 4 weeks.
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At least 6 flights, in the next few days, arriving in the Uk, in the next few days
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the Government has announced that passengers arriving from China to England will need to show a negative COVID-19 pre-departure test taken no more than 2 days prior to departure.
In addition, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is launching surveillance which will see a sample of passengers arriving in England from mainland China tested for COVID-19 at the point of their arrival.
You can find out more about these measures here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/precautionary-and-temporary-measures-introduced-to-improve-covid-surveillance-from-china
We could accept a petition calling on the testing requirements to be extended to anyone who has been to mainland China in the last four weeks, if that's what you want to happen.
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