P-05-1087 Stop the mass isolation of healthy school children!

P-05-1087 Stop the mass isolation of healthy school children!

This petition was submitted by Victoria Codling having collected a total of 1,177 signatures.

Text of Petition:                     

Children isolating for 14 days is so detrimental to their mental and physical well being, it is disproportionate to the risk of their exposure to corona virus in the first place.

Some children are enduring their third period of isolation in as many months! Children with additional needs or from disadvantaged backgrounds are even more adversely affected.

Working ( non isolating) parents are suffering with employers not always sympathetic in these tough economic times.

Additional Information:

Solutions:

Introduce instant corona virus testing for school children who have been potentially exposed to the virus. This is being rolled out in our care homes and airports, so why not in our schools?

To reduce the so called risk of a “false negative”, the test could be taken a few days after the potential exposure .

Any reduction in the 14 day isolation period will be a huge benefit to the children.

It should be noted that often the children isolating has never had contact with the infected child (often the case in secondary schools).

Status

This petition was considered completed by the Petitions Committee at its meeting on 16/03/2021.

The petition was closed as part of a review of all petitions currently under consideration at the Petitions Committee's final meeting of the Fifth Senedd, in light of the upcoming election and the consideration given to this issue to date.

Full details of the consideration of this petition by the Committee and related documents can be seen on the Meetings tab above.

It was first considered by the Petitions Committee on 12/01/2021.

Senedd Constituency and Region

• Newport East
• South Wales East

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