Public Health England has published an update document in November as a guidance on protecting people most likely to get very poorly from coronavirus (COVID-19) (shielding)

In addition to English, the guidance published in 13 languages including Arabic, Mandarin, Gujarati, Polish, Punjabi and Urdu.

You can find all documents in this link

You can download the English scripts here:

Also, you can just read the scripts here

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You should always try to stay 2 metres away from other people, wash your hands often, not touch your face and catch coughs and sneezes in a tissue. These actions are critical to reducing the transmission of COVID-19 in our communities.

More information is available on what you can do to protect yourself and others.

Wear a face covering on public transport, in shops and supermarkets, and all other public places where you are required to do so by law.

More information is available on when to wear a face covering and how to make your own face covering.

You should limit the number of people you see socially. Always try to stay 2 metres away from people you do not live with or who are not in your ‘support bubble’¹.

More information is available on support bubbles and social distancing.

Unless you live in an area with local restrictions, you and the people you live with can socialise indoors with people from one other household, and you can stay overnight with each other. Try to keep 2 metres apart from people not in your own household.

More information is available on what you can and can’t do.

You can socialise outdoors with up to 6 people from different households. If you want to socialise with more than 6 people, you can meet outside up to a limit of 30 people, but only if they are from your household and one other household. Always try to keep 2 metres apart.

More information is available on how to safely meet other people outside of your home.

You should take special care when spending time with people who are clinically extremely vulnerable.

More information is available on how to support people who are clinically extremely vulnerable.

Staying at home

If you have symptoms of COVID-19, stay at home and book a free test immediately. Closely follow the advice you are given when you book your test. If you live with other people, they should stay at home too.

Information on how to book a test and advice on what to do next is available.

If you are notified by NHS Test and Trace that you are a contact of a person with COVID-19, stay at home and follow the advice you are given.

More information is available on what to do if you are a contact of someone with COVID-19.

If you are returning from certain countries affected by COVID-19, stay at home and follow the advice you are given.

Find out which countries are affected.

If you are staying at home for any COVID-19 related reason, you should not go outside except to your own garden or outside space. You should not have visitors to your home except for people who provide you with essential care.

More information is available for carers who are visiting you at home.

Kirklees Council and its partners have developed the following document for available support for asylum seekers in Kikrlees

1. Migration Yorkshire has translated Test and Trace information in the following languages

Albanian, Arabic, Amharic, Bengali, Czech, Chinese (Mandarin), Farsi, German, Italian, Japanese, Kurdish Sorani, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish

2. The translated resource page on Migrant Info Hub has been given an overhaul and there is a lot of resources on the following topics in different languages:

· Translation news and updates

· National guidance

· Test and trace

· Face coverings

· Health information

· Mental wellbeing

· WHO’s coronavirus WhatsApp information service

· Using technology

· Domestic abuse

· Children and families

· School

· Benefits

· Housing

· Shopping and socialising

· Work

· Modern Slavery

· Visas and immigration

· Scams and safety

· LGBTQIA+

3. Updated information on vulnerable children and young people page, and children, young people and families.

4. Single language pages have started to be produced, Arabic, Albanian and Farsi are on line with several more languages to come soon.

Coronavirus, also know as COVID-19, is still in our community.

We’ve seen an increase in people testing positive for coronavirus or COVID-19 in Kirklees.

There are a few, very simple things you can do to make sure you don’t get the virus or spread it to others.

When you go out, stay at least 2 metres (or 3 steps) away from anyone you do not live with.

Don’t shake hands or share lifts in cars.

Avoid crowds, including large gatherings of friends or family. 

Wear something that covers your nose and mouth when it’s hard to stay away from people, on public transport and in shops.

Wash your hands for 20 seconds with soap and water as often as you can.  Especially when you’ve been outside your home.

At home, clean surfaces and any shared items as often as possible.

And open your windows to keep rooms well ventilated.

The main symptoms of coronavirus are:

• A high temperature – this means you may feel hot to touch on your chest or back

• A new, continuous cough – this means coughing a lot for more than an hour or having three or more coughing episodes in a day.   

• A loss or change to your sense of smell or taste.

If you have any of these symptoms, you must stay at home.

Isolate yourself from the rest of your household.

Call 119 or go on to the NHS website to book a test for coronavirus.

Thank you for playing your part in keeping yourself and your community safe.  Following this advice will save lives.

Stay tuned for the rest of the videos/audios

1. COVID-19: guidance for the safe use of places of worship during the pandemic

This guidance is designed to enable the safe reopening of places of worship for a broader range of activities. the document is translated to Arabic, Bengali, simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese, French, Guajarati, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Somali, Urdu.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-the-safe-use-of-places-of-worship-during-the-pandemic-from-4-july

2. COVID-19: guidance on shielding and protecting people defined on medical grounds as extremely vulnerable

Information for shielding and protecting people defined on medical grounds as extremely vulnerable from COVID-19. This document is translated to Arabic, Bengali, simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese, French, Guajarati, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Urdu.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-shielding-and-protecting-extremely-vulnerable-persons-from-covid-19

3. COVID-19: guidance for households with possible coronavirus infection

Stay at home guidance for households with possible coronavirus (COVID-19) infection. you will find 2 different documents in this link.

A. Guidance for household with possible or confirmed corona virus. This document is translated to Arabic, Bengali, simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese, French, Guajarati, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Urdu.

B. Guidance for household with grandparents, parents and children living together where someone is at increased risk or has a possible or confirmed corona virus. Arabic, Bengali, simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese, French, Guajarati, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Urdu.

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

4. COVID-19 Resources and Guidance

This page contains information on COVID-19 of relevance for asylum seekers, refugees and migrants in the West Midlands, as well as those working with and supporting them. It is not an exhaustive and up-to-the-minute source of information on COVID-19 and we urge people to check official gov.uk and nhs.uk websites for the latest information. Some information is repeated as it relates to more than one section of the page. If you have questions or comments on this webpage or on COVID-19 insofar as it relates to migration, please contact wmsmp@birmingham.gov.uk.

https://www.wmsmp.org.uk/covid-19-resources-and-guidance/

COVID-19 is still in our community. The only way to eliminate it is to stop it from spreading. All of us have the power to beat the virus. Here’s how you can play your part…

Click here for Punjabi

Kirklees Council has produced the following page COVID19 information in various languages,

Please click on the link below,

https://www.kirklees.gov.uk/beta/health-and-well-being/coronavirus-languages.aspx

You will find information in Albanian, Arabic, Farsi, Guajarati, Hungarian, Kurdish, Mandarin, Polish, Romanian, Spanish and Urdu. The information is: letters to citizens, Community Response information, Community Response leaflets and letters.

Also, you will find Health advice in 60 languages, as well as, mental health information in Guajarati, Polish, Romanian and Urdu.

Finally, you will find the link to our Kirklees Welcomes translated information section and other useful information as well.

Please share this widely.

1. A group of doctors, medical students and volunteers have created infographics to help summarise key points about COVID-19 in a variety of languages to get the right information, in an easy to understand format, to these communities.

Click here to visit the website https://covid19graphics.info/

You need to choose first the language (the information is available in 40 languages). Then click on the section you need to read about: CO19 advice, school advice, non co19 patient advice and shop advice. In each section you will find info graphs about different related topic.

2. Doctors of the World, in partnership with the Mayor of London, has produced motion graphic videos with key COVID-19 information for migrants living in the UK.

These are available in 11 priority languages: Bengali, Bulgarian, English, Kurdish Sorani, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish and Vietnamese.

Click here to visit the website https://www.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk/key-covid-19-information-for-migrants/#

3. Migration Yorkshire have an electronic resources named Migration Hub for the latest updates regarding COVID19 in different languages

Click here to visit the website https://migrantinfohub.org.uk/

4. Maternity leaflets: Parent information for new borns – translated versions

Click here to visit the website https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/publication/maternity-leaflets-translated-versions/

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These posts include important information about how parents could receive the e-voucher for free school meals if their children are entitled to this. You will find the information in a PDF document, as well as, video or audio file. Information is translated into Arabic, Kurdish, Farsi, Hungarian, Polish, Amharic, Mandarin, Albanian, Romanian, Spanish and Urdu.

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For Albanian script click here.

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Leeds Council has released videos on 3 main topics in Polish, Romanian, Urdu, Arabic, Czech, Punjabi, Tigrinya, Farsi, Slovak, Kurdish Sorani and Bengali. 1ae

1. Spot the signs – This short film contains information to help people spot the signs of coronavirus and gives advice for households with possible coronavirus infection.

2. Hand washing advice This short film contains information about how you can help stop the spread of viruses, like coronavirus, by practising good respiratory and hand hygiene.

3. Essential advice – This short film contains information for households with possible coronavirus infection.

Click here to watch the videos

Community Response Information (PDF)

Community Response Information (PDF Version)

Migration Yorkshire have just launched the new Migrant Information Hub – www.migrantinfohub.co.uk.  

The Migrant Information Hub aims to offer useful information and resources to help migrants, and those supporting them, to stay safe, connected and informed, and to reduce the harmful impacts of coronavirus (Covid-19) on our region and on people’s lives.  It includes new multi-lingual resources, national guidance, local services and support, plus news and updates on specific migrant issues.

We would be grateful if you would circulate details of this resource as widely as possible.

• Romanian – Community Response Information
• Arabic – Community Response Information
• Polish – Community Response Information