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Written question asked by Afzal Khan (Labour) on Thursday, 19 March 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 24 March 2020 (named day). It was answered by Jo Churchill (Conservative) on Tuesday, 24 March 2020 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Coronavirus: Public Health

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department's guidance on covid-19 will be made available in other languages; what information is being translated; and into which languages that guidance will be translated.

Answer

As part of the Government's work to ensure people are informed about COVID-19 and how best to respond, work in ongoing to translate the stay at home guidance for households with possible COVID-19; the guidance on social distancing and protecting older people and vulnerable adults 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.

The stay at home guidance for households with possible COVID-19 can be viewed at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
32233
Session
2019-21
Subjects
Disease control Languages Publicity Public health Coronavirus
Link
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