Written question asked by Sam Tarry (Labour) on Monday, 16 March 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 18 March 2020. It was answered by Jo Churchill (Conservative) on Tuesday, 24 March 2020 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Coronavirus: Health Education
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure provision of public information on covid-19 guidance in all languages spoken in cities throughout the UK.
- Answer
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As part of the Government's work to ensure the population are informed about COVID-19 and how best to respond, work is ongoing to translate the stay at home guidance for households with possible coronavirus (COVID-19) and the guidance on social distancing for everyone in the United Kingdom and protecting older people and vulnerable adults (COVID-19) into a range of languages. These are the critical pieces of guidance that are relevant to a general public audience.
The translations include Polish, Welsh, Arabic (Modern), French, Simplified Chinese (Mandarin), Traditional Chinese (Cantonese), Punjabi, Urdu, Bengali, Gujarati, and Portuguese.
Secondary information
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- 30197
- Session
- 2019-21
- Subjects
- Languages Health education Coronavirus
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- 2020-03-24 16:49:26 +0000
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