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Written question asked by Afzal Khan (Labour) on Tuesday, 10 March 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 12 March 2020. It was answered by Jo Churchill (Conservative) on Wednesday, 18 March 2020 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Coronavirus: Romania

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to make health and safety information on covid-19 available in Romanian; and where that information can be accessed.

Answer

Public Health England’s health and safety information on COVID-19 is currently not available in Roma, Urdu, Polish or Bengali. However, resources are available in nine languages from affected areas to ensure this support and advice can be given to non-English speakers at airports. These languages are Mandarin, Cantonese, Thai, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Farsi, modern Arabic and Italian. These materials are available at international airports, ports and international train stations. The Department for Transport is responsible for ensuring the visibility of these materials.

General PHE advice on COVID-19 is updated regularly and can be viewed at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
27661
Session
2019-21
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Information Disease control Languages Publications Romania Coronavirus
Link
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