PHE Translated Resources
To help reach communities where English is not the first language, PHE have developed new translated materials in a variety of languages. These materials can help members of the public understand current guidance, outlined by HM Government:
NHS England and NHS Improvement - Tackling Disinformation
NHS England and NHS Improvement have released some videos aimed at ethnic minority communities to combat COVID vaccine disinformation. The videos, which answer some of the common questions about the vaccine, are available to download in a range of languages from here.
Public Health England - COVID-19 Vaccination: Guide for Adults
Public Health England have provided information for older adults on COVID-19 vaccination in a number of languages, including Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Hindi, Kurdish, Neoaku, Punjabi, Polish, Romanian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Turkish, Ukranian and Urdish.
You can download these guides here.
COVID-19 Vaccination: Resources for children and young people
Translated resources are available for parents/guardians and young people about the COVID-19 vaccination in Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Chinese, Estonian, Farsi, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Latvian, Lithuanian, Panjabi, Pashto, Polish, Romanian, Romany, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu and Yiddish.
You can download these resources here.
COVID-19 Vaccination: Resources for Roma communities
The Roma Support Group and Tower Hamlets Council have developed some new resources on the vaccine. Based on questions from clients, they have produced leaflets providing info on ingredients used for the 3 types of vaccine used in England in English, Polish and Romanian.
You can download these resources here.
BBC Video Content in 5 South Asian Languages
PHE COVID-19 Vaccination Centre Toolkit
Includes explainer video in English and translated languages: Arabic, Albanian, Bengali, Chinese, Farsi, Gujarati, Hindi, Kurdish, Nepali, Polish, Punjabi, Romanian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu.
British Islamic Medical Association
The British Islamic Medical Association have produced a resource to dispel myths about COVID-19 including myths about the vaccine in 10 languages.
The myths are answered in: Urdu, Arabic, Kurdish, Tamil, Malay, Turkish, Gujarati, Polish, Somali, German.