We hope this message finds you well. Thanks for your continuing support in helping to share information about COVID-19. This communications update is particularly aimed at sharing, and drawing your attention to the
COVID-19 public health information translated resources. We would be very grateful for your help in sharing these resources as widely as possible with relevant communities.
Translated COVID-19 Resources
For those whose first language is neither English nor Irish, we have translated public health information into 24 other languages. These include Albanian, Arabic, Bulgarian, Simplified Chinese, Czech, Farsi, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Kurdish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Urdu and Yoruba. We are also working on developing resources in Somali and Eritrean. The most up to date translated partner resources for COVID-19 can be found
here.
Roma--------------------------------------
A series of resources for the Roma Community are available in Romani or translated into Romanian, Slovak and Czech
here.
For the speakers of Romanian in the Roma Community there is also a video with important information available at this link
here.
There is a Roma specific resources
page which includes easy read and image-based communication documents and a translation of the Phase 1 government re-opening roadmap which can be found
here.
Migrant Health--------------------------
There is also a Migrant Health resources
page, which includes videos in various languages and further specific
translated resources.
Other Resources-----------------------
The COVID-19 World Service is a joint initiative of Nasc and Together Ireland. The COVID-19 World Service has video messages from doctors and other healthcare professionals in several languages for migrants living in Ireland.
Video 1: General advice on how to prevent the contraction and spread of the virus.
Video 2: Information on self-isolation, what to do if you test positive for COVID-19 or are a contact of someone who has.
These videos can be found
here.
The Government’s ‘Community Call – Advice and Contact Information for Your County’ leaflet has been translated into 12 different languages and is available
here.
Public Health Information-----------
As always, for the most up to date information and advice on Coronavirus, please go to:
https://www.gov.ie/en/campaigns/c36c85-covid-19-coronavirus/,
https://www2.hse.ie/coronavirus/ and
https://www.hpsc.ie/a-z/respiratory/coronavirus/novelcoronavirus/
If your organisation has any specific requests in relation to COVID-19 public health information materials, please email us and to let us know.
Please share and pass on these resources as widely as possible to relevant communities.
Keep well, remember we're #InThisTogether and #HoldFirm
Covid-19 Health Communications Stakeholder Support