COVID-19 information in different languages and alternative formats
This page contains links to local and national information about COVID-19 that is easy to read and translated into other languages. Please share the information with others in the community who may find it useful.
Local information
You can translate the pages on this website from English into your chosen language.
Local support
The community hub can help you with money, shopping or wellbeing. Telephone interpreters are available. Phone 01273 293 117 (select option 2) Monday to Friday, 10am to 4.30pm.
See the support available from the community hub in BSL.
Register with the Signlive Community Directory.
DeafCOG can support D/deaf people who need BSL or help with communication. Volunteers can support Deaf people who don’t have people local to you that can sign or you are feeling lonely, worried or need someone to talk to.
Sussex Interpreting Services has information about COVID-19 in many languages and they can offer language support.
Speakout Brighton & Hove has Easy Read information on the coronavirus pandemic.
National public health advice
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has advice on guidance, symptoms and testing, as well as advice around vaccinations.
Translations include:
- Arabic
- Bengali
- Gujarati
- Hindi
- Polish
- Punjabi India
- Punjabi Pakistan
- Simplified Chinese
- Slovakian
- Somali
- Urdu
Alternative formats include:
- Easy Read
- large print
- British Sign Language
- audio files
Doctors of the World has COVID-19 information translated into 61 different languages, including how migrants can access NHS Health Services.
The COVID-19 Infographics website has easy to understand graphics in a variety of languages to help summarise key information.
NHS COVID-19 smartphone app
Download information and resources on the COVID-19 app in Arabic, Bengali, Bilingual, Chinese, Gujarati, Polish, Punjabi, Romanian, Somali, Turkish, Urdu and Welsh.
Watch short videos explaining how the app works in a number of languages and BSL.
Mental health advice
Information about mental health advice has been translated by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
It is available in:
- Arabic
- Bengali
- Bulgarian
- Chinese
- French
- German
- Greek
- Gujarati
- Hindi
- Italian
- Japanese
- Lithuanian
- Pashto
- Farsi
- Polish
- Punjabi
- Romanian
- Russian
- Somali
- Spanish
- Tamil
- Turkish
- Urdu
- Welsh
For local mental health support, the Community Roots website can be displayed in 80 languages.
Roma communities
The Roma Support Group has a variety of resources for Roma communities on its website.
Migrant information service
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has set up the COVID-19 Migrant Information Service which includes:
- a multilingual website available in 8 languages with information on 5 key topics: health, work, benefits, visas and immigration, and housing and homelessness
- a telephone service providing information to callers in any language - phone 0800 464 3380, 10am to midday and 2pm to 4pm, Monday to Friday
Find out more about Migrant’s rights to healthcare in England:
Brighton & Hove City Council does not monitor the content or accept any responsibility for any third-party websites.