Here you can find information in a variety of languages to explain the coronavirus vaccine and the importance of having the vaccine to protect yourself and reduce the potential of spreading the virus in your community. Please do share these resources widely and speak to your GP if you have any concerns about having the vaccine.
Written resources to download in community languages
- PHE ‘COVID-19 vaccination: guide for older adults’ (20 languages)
- PHE ‘What to expect after your COVID-19 vaccination’ (20 languages)
- PHE ‘COVID-19 vaccination: Why you are being asked to wait’ (20 languages)
- PHE ‘COVID-19 vaccination: women of childbearing age, currently pregnant or breastfeeding’ (20 languages)
- Doctors of the World, in partnership with the British Red Cross, has produced translated coronavirus vaccine guidance in over 30 languages which you can download here.
- British Society for Immunology resources on the vaccine in Yiddish www.immunology.org/vaccines/yiddish.
- NHS letter to reassure people without an NHS number, including migrants, about their entitlement to the COVID-19 vaccine and if they wish to, how to register at a GP practice – translated into 23 languages.
- What to expect after your COVID-19 vaccination: a leaflet with information about the vaccines and what to expect after having the vaccine is available in the following languages: Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinese, Estonian, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Kurdish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Panjabi, Polish, Portuguese Brazilian, Russian, Twi, Ukrainian and Urdu.
- The COVID-19 vaccination: a guide to booster vaccination is available in the following languages: English, 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
- The COVID-19 vaccination: a guide for eligible children and young people aged 12 to 17 is available in the following community languages: English, 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.
- Doctors of the World, in partnership with the British Red Cross, has produced translated coronavirus vaccine guidance in over 30 languages which you can download here.
- The British Islamic Medical Association has provided resources in 10 languages to help debunk the most common COVID myths.