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The Victorian Health Department has information about coronavirus in different languages.

Click on the links below to find information in your preferred language.

• Arabic
• Chinese - Simplified
• Chinese - Traditional
• English
• Greek
• Hindi
• Italian
• Macedonian
• Punjabi
• Sinhalese
• Tamil
• Turkish
• Vietnamese

Visit the DHHS website for COVID-19 information translated in other languages.

Watch SBS videos about the COVID-19 vaccine rollout explained in various languages.

The Victorian Government has videos about COVID-19 in a variety of languages on YouTube.

Playlists available are:

• Punjabi
• Spanish
• Tagalog
• Turkish
• Urdu
• Vietnamese
• Arabic
• Cantonese
• Greek
• Hindi
• Italian
• Mandarin
• Persian
• Dari
• Somali
• Nepali

The National Ethnic and Multicultural Broadcasters’ Council publishes COVID-19 related news bulletins in the following languages:

• ​NEMBC Home: https://soundcloud.com/user-760283919
• Spanish: https://soundcloud.com/user-760283919/spanish-news
• Punjabi: https://soundcloud.com/user-760283919/punjabi-news
• Greek: https://soundcloud.com/user-760283919/nembc-greek-news
• Arabic: https://soundcloud.com/user-760283919/arabic-news
• Mandarin: https://soundcloud.com/user-760283919/mandarin-news
• Turkish: https://soundcloud.com/user-760283919/turkish-news
• Tagalog: https://soundcloud.com/user-760283919/tagalog-news
• Cantonese: https://soundcloud.com/user-760283919/cantonese-news
• Italian: https://soundcloud.com/user-760283919/italian-news
• Maltese: https://soundcloud.com/user-760283919/maltese-news-nembc-mns
• Macedonian: https://soundcloud.com/user-760283919/nembc-macedonian-news
• Dari: https://soundcloud.com/user-760283919/mns-dari-news
• Hindi: https://soundcloud.com/user-760283919/hindi-news
• Pacific Islander English: https://soundcloud.com/user-760283919/pacific-islander-english
  Vietnamese: https://soundcloud.com/user-760283919/mns-vietnamese-news 
• Tamil: https://soundcloud.com/user-760283919/mns-tamil-news
• Macedonian: https://www.facebook.com/Nembc/posts/4233832416638831
• NEMBC COVID Explainers (audio only) in Punjabi, Greek, Arabic, Mandarin, Turkish, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Tamil, Italian, Maltese, Cantonese, Macedonian: https://soundcloud.com/user-760283919/sets/nembc-multilingual-lockdown

Goodbye COVID

Arabic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs9hZSF2Zy8

Assyrian-Chaldean:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNmgZtFGdAc

Dari:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIAQw5u35f4&list=PLB-9T6zXFZHvnYcjIPC4vovr4KLp0OzkH&index=6

Greek:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_EYk3fPLFw

Hindi:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuOGnpg2JS8

Italian:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdIchI1hQ30

Mandarin:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1embZ0TzTAo&list=PLB-9T6zXFZHvnYcjIPC4vovr4KLp0OzkH&index=14

Punjabi:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c8E2JRfgXA&list=PLB-9T6zXFZHvnYcjIPC4vovr4KLp0OzkH&index=16

Somali:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf2Ne4vtvUs&list=PLB-9T6zXFZHvnYcjIPC4vovr4KLp0OzkH&index=17

Urdo:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tINxX4ED61k&list=PLB-9T6zXFZHvnYcjIPC4vovr4KLp0OzkH&index=20

Vietnamese:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3QNW-bNKLY&list=PLB-9T6zXFZHvnYcjIPC4vovr4KLp0OzkH&index=21

There are many mental-health related resources to help the CALD community.

The Family Recovery Fund
Culturally and linguistically diverse individuals and families in Victoria who have been significantly impacted by COVID can access case management support (with a focus on mental health recovery, education, training and employment) through the Family Recovery Program. Information regarding this program is available in 13 community languages. If you would like more info, please contact frp@cohealth.org.au.

Mental health videos in language
Watch videos by Turkish, Arabic, Urdu & Somali community leaders, funded by the North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network and the Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network and created by MyCentre:

Turkish – religious leader https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HssiNhGQBlQ

Arabic – GP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nYN4AIAFBU

English – GP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CpCZ6qspVs

Urdu – social worker https://youtu.be/nqm72anDacA

Somali – community leader https://youtu.be/nqm72anDacA

Watch new CALD mental health videos by the North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network in Vietnamese, Hindi, Cantonese, Mandarin: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB-9T6zXFZHt2yPuYUAU-pgWSBSkIWfMu

Watch Aboriginal community members' stories about caring for mental health: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_YKmD1-ldGyZOV6hQg82Vg/featured​

We’ve created key message tiles in Turkish, Punjabi, Vietnamese, Macedonian, Assyrian and Chinese (simplified), for sharing with your networks, which you can download below. They contain the following key messages:

• 'Victorians can only leave home for five reasons'
• 'If you're feeling unwell or have visited an exposure site, get tested'
• 'All Victorians over 40 are now eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine'​

There are several resources available for CALD/ multicultural businesses to download below.

• QR code information in Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Simplified Chinese, Vietnamese​.
• You can also visit coronavirus.vic.gov.au/covidsafe-plan ​for an important message regarding COVIDSafe information translated in Arabic, Dari, Greek, Italian, Khmer, Korean, Punjabi, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Turkish.​ 

Coronavirus hotline: If you are concerned, call the coronavirus hotline 1800 675 398 (24 Hours).
Interpreting service: If you need an interpreter, call TIS National on 131 450.
Public Transport Information: Visit the Public Transport Victoria translated resources site.