Translated Resources
The UKHSA’s guidance on actions you can take to help reduce the spread of Covid-19 and other respiratory infections is now available as an Easy Read version (English).
The original guidance is available in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Hindi, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi Gurmukhi, Punjabi Shahmukhi, Russian, Slovak, Somali, Tamil, Ukrainian and Urdu.
The UK Health and Security Agency have updated their guidance on new antibody and antiviral treatments to people with Covid-19 who are at highest risk of becoming seriously ill.
These include easy read guidance in English and guidance in Welsh.
Information Resources
Edinburgh Napier University have released research from a project on the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak on asylum seekers and refugees living in the UK, focusing on individuals placed in temporary accommodations such as hotels, from November 2020 until February 2022.
A full list of publications and resources is available.
The Department of Health and Social Care have published new guidance on the highest risk patients eligible for new Covid-19 treatments.
The ‘If you’re in the UK’ section has been amended, updating the exceptional assurance visa or leave expiry date to 30 September 2022.