Information for multicultural communities – coronavirus (COVID-19)
Queensland Health is working closely with key stakeholders across the state to ensure that people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds have access to current, culturally appropriate and translated COVID-19 information. This page contains information to help you protect yourself, your family and community.
Knowing how to protect yourself and those that are most vulnerable is important during a pandemic. These practical tips can help protect those who are most vulnerable in your family, household or community.
Easy Read information
The Australian Government has created easy read coronavirus resources:
- What is coronavirus? (PDF)
- 5 things to do right now (PDF)
- What you need to know (PDF)
- Social Distancing (PDF)
- Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)
Translated resources
Queensland Health has developed resources about COVID-19 in other languages.
| Title | Type | Language |
|---|---|---|
| Wearing face masks in Queensland (PDF, 360.46 KB) | document | Amharic (አማርኛ) |
| Medicare Factsheet for Ayslum Seekers (PDF, 687.45 KB) | document | Amharic (አማርኛ) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (PDF, 455.51 KB) | document | Amharic (አማርኛ) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (MP3, 8.17 MB) | audio | Amharic (አማርኛ) |
| Border Restrictions change for ACT (PDF, 313.46 KB) | document | Arabic (عربي) |
| Easing of restrictions for QLD LGAs (PDF, 299.11 KB) | document | Arabic (عربي) |
| Wearing face masks in Queensland (PDF, 554.74 KB) | document | Arabic (عربي) |
| Wearing a mask in hospital (PDF, 405.00 KB) | document | Arabic (عربي) |
| Preparing to visit a hospital in Queensland (PDF, 202.20 KB) | document | Arabic (عربي) |
| Contact tracing locations (PDF, 1.29 MB) | document | Arabic (عربي) |
| Information for people with disability (WAV, 243.34 KB) | audio | Arabic (عربي) |
| Information for people with disability (PDF, 306.75 KB) | document | Arabic (عربي) |
| Medicare Factsheet for Asylum Seekers (PDF, 1.17 MB) | document | Arabic (عربي) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (PDF, 676.22 KB) | document | Arabic (عربي) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (MP3, 19.53 MB) | audio | Arabic (عربي) |
| Border Restrictions change for ACT (PDF, 253.79 KB) | document | Bengali (বাংলা) |
| Easing of Restrictions for QLD LGAs (PDF, 274.83 KB) | document | Bengali (বাংলা) |
| Wearing face masks in Queensland (PDF, 455.16 KB) | document | Bengali (বাংলা) |
| Border Restrictions change for ACT (PDF, 253.62 KB) | document | Bosnian (Bosanski) |
| Easing of Restrictions for QLD LGAs (PDF, 235.78 KB) | document | Bosnian (Bosanski) |
| Wearing face masks in Queensland (PDF, 397.77 KB) | document | Bosnian (Bosanski) |
| Wearing a mask in hospital (PDF, 453.24 KB) | document | Bosnian (Bosanski) |
| Preparing to visit a hospital in Queensland (PDF, 149.53 KB) | document | Bosnian (Bosanski) |
| Contact tracing locations (PDF, 208.98 KB) | document | Bosnian (Bosanski) |
| Border Restrictions change for ACT (PDF, 253.62 KB) | document | Burmese (မြန်မာ) |
| Easing of Restrictions for QLD LGAs (PDF, 267.62 KB) | document | Burmese (မြန်မာ) |
| Wearing face masks in Queensland (PDF, 369.16 KB) | document | Burmese (မြန်မာ) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (PDF, 586.22 KB) | document | Burmese (မြန်မာ) |
| Border Restrictions change for ACT (PDF, 180.31 KB) | document | Chinese Simplified (简体中文) |
| Easing of Restrictions for QLD LGAs (PDF, 250.69 KB) | document | Chinese Simplified (简体中文) |
| Wearing face masks in Queensland (PDF, 427.02 KB) | document | Chinese Simplified (简体中文) |
| Wearing a mask in hospital (PDF, 402.74 KB) | document | Chinese Simplified (简体中文) |
| Preparing to visit a hospital in Queensland (PDF, 206.47 KB) | document | Chinese Simplified (简体中文) |
| Contact tracing locations (PDF, 236.89 KB) | document | Chinese Simplified (简体中文) |
| Information for people with disability (WAV, 5.09 MB) | audio | Chinese Simplified (简体中文) |
| Information for people with disability (PDF, 234.04 KB) | document | Chinese Simplified (简体中文) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (PDF, 667.37 KB) | document | Chinese Simplified (简体中文) |
| Border Restrictions change for ACT (PDF, 230.74 KB) | document | Chinese Traditional (繁體中文) |
| Easing of Restrictions for QLD LGAs (PDF, 317.40 KB) | document | Chinese Traditional (繁體中文) |
| Wearing face masks in Queensland (PDF, 465.37 KB) | document | Chinese Traditional (繁體中文) |
| Wearing a mask in hospital (PDF, 430.71 KB) | document | Chinese Traditional (繁體中文) |
| Preparing to visit a hospital in Queensland (PDF, 144.84 KB) | document | Chinese Traditional (繁體中文) |
| Contact tracing locations (PDF, 213.15 KB) | document | Chinese Traditional (繁體中文) |
| Information for people with disability (WAV, 5.84 MB) | audio | Chinese Traditional (繁體中文) |
| Information for people with disability (PDF, 474.41 KB) | document | Chinese Traditional (繁體中文) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (PDF, 842.09 KB) | document | Chinese Traditional (繁體中文) |
| Wearing face masks in Queensland (PDF, 348.74 KB) | document | Croatian (Hrvatski) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (PDF, 378.76 KB) | document | Croatian (Hrvatski) |
| Border Restrictions change for ACT (PDF, 267.17 KB) | document | Dari (دری) |
| Easing of Restrictions for QLD LGAs (PDF, 255.32 KB) | document | Dari (دری) |
| Wearing face masks in Queensland (PDF, 490.48 KB) | document | Dari (دری) |
| Wearing a mask in hospital (PDF, 437.78 KB) | document | Dari (دری) |
| Preparing to visit a hospital in Queensland (PDF, 239.91 KB) | document | Dari (دری) |
| Contact tracing locations (PDF, 219.89 KB) | document | Dari (دری) |
| Medicare Factsheet for Asylum Seekers (PDF, 926.79 KB) | document | Dari (دری) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (PDF, 491.20 KB) | document | Dari (دری) |
| Border Restrictions change for ACT (PDF, 259.06 KB) | document | Dinka (Thuɔŋjäŋ) |
| Easing of Restrictions for QLD LGAs (PDF, 265.03 KB) | document | Dinka (Thuɔŋjäŋ) |
| Wearing face masks in Queensland (PDF, 439.69 KB) | document | Dinka (Thuɔŋjäŋ) |
| Wearing a mask in hospital (PDF, 378.15 KB) | document | Dinka (Thuɔŋjäŋ) |
| Preparing to visit a hospital in Queensland (PDF, 169.50 KB) | document | Dinka (Thuɔŋjäŋ) |
| Contact tracing locations (PDF, 230.40 KB) | document | Dinka (Thuɔŋjäŋ) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (PDF, 492.62 KB) | document | Dinka (Thuɔŋjäŋ) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (MP3, 30.02 MB) | audio | Dinka (Thuɔŋjäŋ) |
| Information for people with disability (WAV, 4.06 MB) | audio | Dutch (Nederlands) |
| Information for people with disability (PDF, 162.10 KB) | document | Dutch (Nederlands) |
| Border Restrictions change for ACT (PDF, 194.92 KB) | document | English |
| Easing of Restrictions for QLD LGAs (PDF, 285.76 KB) | document | English |
| Wearing face masks in Queensland (PDF, 372.72 KB) | document | English |
| Planning to visit a hospital in Queensland (PDF, 161.22 KB) | document | English |
| Wearing a mask in hospital (PDF, 318.80 KB) | document | English |
| Contact tracing locations (PDF, 177.77 KB) | document | English |
| Information for people with disability (PDF, 626.69 KB) | document | English |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (PDF, 675.02 KB) | document | English |
| Medicare Factsheet for Asylum Seekers (PDF, 929.29 KB) | document | Farsi (فارسی) |
| Wearing face masks in Queensland (PDF, 325.51 KB) | document | Filipino (Tagalog) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (PDF, 367.43 KB) | document | Filipino (Tagalog) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (MP3, 8.81 MB) | audio | Filipino (Tagalog) |
| Information for people with disability (WAV, 4.06 MB) | audio | German (Deutsch) |
| Information for people with disability (PDF, 203.07 KB) | document | German (Deutsch) |
| Wearing face masks in Queensland (PDF, 391.42 KB) | document | Greek (Ελληνικά) |
| Information for people with disability (WAV, 4.01 MB) | audio | Greek (Ελληνικά) |
| Information for people with disability (PDF, 182.86 KB) | document | Greek (Ελληνικά) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (PDF, 394.11 KB) | document | Greek (Ελληνικά) |
| Border Restrictions change for ACT (PDF, 233.76 KB) | document | Hindi (हिंदी) |
| Easing of Restrictions for QLD LGAs (PDF, 283.86 KB) | document | Hindi (हिंदी) |
| Wearing face masks in Queensland (PDF, 434.75 KB) | document | Hindi (हिंदी) |
| Wearing a mask in hospital (PDF, 402.35 KB) | document | Hindi (हिंदी) |
| Preparing to visit a hospital in Queensland (PDF, 188.27 KB) | document | Hindi (हिंदी) |
| New Restrictions Alert (PDF, 257.49 KB) | document | Hindi (हिंदी) |
| Contact tracing locations (PDF, 298.64 KB) | document | Hindi (हिंदी) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (PDF, 615.08 KB) | document | Hindi (हिंदी) |
| Wearing face masks in Queensland (PDF, 331.27 KB) | document | Italian (Italiano) |
| Information for people with disability (WAV, 3.33 MB) | audio | Italian (Italiano) |
| Information for people with disability (PDF, 160.67 KB) | document | Italian (Italiano) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (PDF, 458.24 KB) | document | Italian (Italiano) |
| Wearing face masks in Queensland (PDF, 459.33 KB) | document | Japanese (日本語) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (PDF, 900.12 KB) | document | Japanese (日本語) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (PDF, 476.04 KB) | document | Karen (ကညီကျိာ်) |
| Wearing face masks in Queensland (PDF, 373.42 KB) | document | Khmer (ខ្មែរ) |
| Wearing a mask in hospital (PDF, 410.74 KB) | document | Khmer (ខ្មែរ) |
| Preparing to visit a hospital in Queensland (PDF, 236.83 KB) | document | Khmer (ខ្មែរ) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (PDF, 638.09 KB) | document | Khmer (ខ្មែរ) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (MP3, 10.39 MB) | audio | Khmer (ខ្មែរ) |
| Border Restrictions change for ACT (PDF, 220.89 KB) | document | Kinyarwanda (Ikinyarwanda) |
| Easing of Restrictions for QLD LGAs (PDF, 219.84 KB) | document | Kinyarwanda (Ikinyarwanda) |
| Wearing face masks in Queensland (PDF, 376.43 KB) | document | Kinyarwanda (Ikinyarwanda) |
| Wearing a mask in hospital (PDF, 389.84 KB) | document | Kinyarwanda (Ikinyarwanda) |
| Preparing to visit a hospital in Queensland (PDF, 151.94 KB) | document | Kinyarwanda (Ikinyarwanda) |
| Contact tracing locations (PDF, 228.63 KB) | document | Kinyarwanda (Ikinyarwanda) |
| Border Restrictions change for ACT (PDF, 197.50 KB) | document | Kirundi (íkiRǔndi) |
| Easing of Restrictions for QLD LGAs (PDF, 204.47 KB) | document | Kirundi (íkiRǔndi) |
| Wearing face masks in Queensland (PDF, 380.67 KB) | document | Kirundi (íkiRǔndi) |
| Wearing a mask in hospital (PDF, 353.93 KB) | document | Kirundi (íkiRǔndi) |
| Preparing to visit a hospital in Queensland (PDF, 118.14 KB) | document | Kirundi (íkiRǔndi) |
| Contact tracing locations (PDF, 216.04 KB) | document | Kirundi (íkiRǔndi) |
| Border Restrictions change for ACT (PDF, 281.62 KB) | document | Korean (한국어) |
| Easing of Restrictions for QLD LGAs (PDF, 292.57 KB) | document | Korean (한국어) |
| Wearing face masks in Queensland (PDF, 461.37 KB) | document | Korean (한국어) |
| Wearing a mask in hospital (PDF, 398.54 KB) | document | Korean (한국어) |
| Preparing to visit a hospital in Queensland (PDF, 216.30 KB) | document | Korean (한국어) |
| New Restrictions Alert (PDF, 300.62 KB) | document | Korean (한국어) |
| Contact tracing locations (PDF, 241.70 KB) | document | Korean (한국어) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (PDF, 543.16 KB) | document | Korean (한국어) |
| Wearing face masks in Queensland (PDF, 370.93 KB) | document | Kurmanji (Kurmancî) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (PDF, 490.53 KB) | document | Kurmanji (Kurmancî) |
| Wearing face masks in Queensland (PDF, 401.13 KB) | document | Nepali (नेपाली) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (PDF, 616.42 KB) | document | Nepali (नेपाली) |
| Wearing face masks in Queensland (PDF, 442.06 KB) | document | Persian (فارسی) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (PDF, 671.38 KB) | document | Persian (فارسی) |
| Wearing face masks in Queensland (PDF, 252.96 KB) | document | Portuguese (Português) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (PDF, 367.95 KB) | document | Portuguese (Português) |
| Border Restrictions change for ACT (PDF, 185.99 KB) | document | Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) |
| Easing of Restrictions for QLD LGAs (PDF, 185.87 KB) | document | Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) |
| Wearing face masks in Queensland (PDF, 350.22 KB) | document | Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (PDF, 750.67 KB) | document | Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) |
| Border Restrictions change for ACT (PDF, 176.10 KB) | document | Samoan (Gagana Sāmoa) |
| Easing of Restrictions for QLD LGAs (PDF, 206.82 KB) | document | Samoan (Gagana Sāmoa) |
| Wearing face masks in Queensland (PDF, 344.33 KB) | document | Samoan (Gagana Sāmoa) |
| Wearing a mask in hospital (PDF, 370.24 KB) | document | Samoan (Gagana Sāmoa) |
| Preparing to visit a hospital in Queensland (PDF, 158.60 KB) | document | Samoan (Gagana Sāmoa) |
| Contact tracing locations (PDF, 407.48 KB) | document | Samoan (Gagana Sāmoa) |
| Information for people with disability (WAV, 6.35 MB) | audio | Samoan (Gagana Sāmoa) |
| Information for people with disability (PDF, 165.19 KB) | document | Samoan (Gagana Sāmoa) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (PDF, 502.59 KB) | document | Samoan (Gagana Sāmoa) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (MP3, 11.83 MB) | audio | Samoan (Gagana Sāmoa) |
| Wearing face masks in Queensland (PDF, 411.72 KB) | document | Serbian (Српски) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (PDF, 389.63 KB) | document | Serbian (Српски) |
| Border Restrictions change for ACT (PDF, 118.72 KB) | document | Somali (Af Soomaali) |
| Easing of Restrictions for QLD LGAs (PDF, 141.12 KB) | document | Somali (Af Soomaali) |
| Wearing face masks in Queensland (PDF, 350.87 KB) | document | Somali (Af Soomaali) |
| Wearing a mask in hospital (PDF, 341.94 KB) | document | Somali (Af Soomaali) |
| Preparing to visit a hospital in Queensland (PDF, 116.66 KB) | document | Somali (Af Soomaali) |
| Contact tracing locations (PDF, 199.71 KB) | document | Somali (Af Soomaali) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (PDF, 378.37 KB) | document | Somali (Af Soomaali) |
| Border Restrictions change for ACT (PDF, 120.51 KB) | document | Spanish (Español) |
| Easing of Restrictions for QLD LGAs (PDF, 172.45 KB) | document | Spanish (Español) |
| Wearing face masks in Queensland (PDF, 323.22 KB) | document | Spanish (Español) |
| Wearing a mask in hospital (PDF, 310.13 KB) | document | Spanish (Español) |
| Preparing to visit a hospital in Queensland (PDF, 118.61 KB) | document | Spanish (Español) |
| Contact tracing locations (PDF, 152.04 KB) | document | Spanish (Español) |
| Information for people with disability (WAV, 4.41 MB) | audio | Spanish (Español) |
| Information for people with disability (PDF, 201.91 KB) | document | Spanish (Español) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (PDF, 366.85 KB) | document | Spanish (Español) |
| Border Restrictions change for ACT (PDF, 170.55 KB) | document | Swahili (Kiswahili) |
| Easing of Restrictions for QLD LGAs (PDF, 199.92 KB) | document | Swahili (Kiswahili) |
| Wearing face masks in Queensland (PDF, 390.50 KB) | document | Swahili (Kiswahili) |
| Wearing a mask in hospital (PDF, 356.30 KB) | document | Swahili (Kiswahili) |
| Preparing to visit a hospital in Queensland (PDF, 117.60 KB) | document | Swahili (Kiswahili) |
| New Restrictions Alert (PDF, 156.04 KB) | document | Swahili (Kiswahili) |
| Contact tracing locations (PDF, 198.66 KB) | document | Swahili (Kiswahili) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (PDF, 362.42 KB) | document | Swahili (Kiswahili) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (MP3, 8.22 MB) | audio | Swahili (Kiswahili) |
| Border Restrictions change for ACT (PDF, 332.90 KB) | document | Tamil (தமிழ்) |
| Easing of Restrictions for QLD LGAs (PDF, 363.15 KB) | document | Tamil (தமிழ்) |
| Wearing face masks in Queensland (PDF, 414.32 KB) | document | Tamil (தமிழ்) |
| Medicare Factsheet for Asylum Seekers (PDF, 1.10 MB) | document | Tamil (தமிழ்) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (PDF, 795.87 KB) | document | Tamil (தமிழ்) |
| Border Restrictions change for ACT (PDF, 230.58 KB) | document | Thai (ไทย) |
| Easing of Restrictions for QLD LGAs (PDF, 143.19 KB) | document | Thai (ไทย) |
| Wearing face masks in Queensland (PDF, 348.39 KB) | document | Thai (ไทย) |
| Wearing a mask in hospital (PDF, 379.91 KB) | document | Thai (ไทย) |
| Preparing to visit a hospital in Queensland (PDF, 186.65 KB) | document | Thai (ไทย) |
| New Restrictions Alert (PDF, 157.68 KB) | document | Thai (ไทย) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (PDF, 545.77 KB) | document | Thai (ไทย) |
| Border Restrictions change for ACT (PDF, 198.26 KB) | document | Tigrinya (ትግርኛ) |
| Easing of Restrictions for QLD LGAs (PDF, 230.24 KB) | document | Tigrinya (ትግርኛ) |
| Wearing face masks in Queensland (PDF, 366.31 KB) | document | Tigrinya (ትግርኛ) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (PDF, 496.35 KB) | document | Tigrinya (ትግርኛ) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (MP3, 7.91 MB) | audio | Tigrinya (ትግርኛ) |
| Medicare Factsheet for Asylum Seekers (PDF, 874.21 KB) | document | Tok Pisin |
| Border Restrictions change for ACT (PDF, 224.82 KB) | document | Tongan (Faka-Tonga) |
| Easing of Restrictions for QLD LGAs (PDF, 234.09 KB) | document | Tongan (Faka-Tonga) |
| Wearing face masks in Queensland (PDF, 394.28 KB) | document | Tongan (Faka-Tonga) |
| Wearing a mask in hospital (PDF, 347.12 KB) | document | Tongan (Faka-Tonga) |
| Preparing to visit a hospital in Queensland (PDF, 145.66 KB) | document | Tongan (Faka-Tonga) |
| Alert New Restrictions Alert (PDF, 240.93 KB) | document | Tongan (Faka-Tonga) |
| Contact tracing locations (PDF, 205.58 KB) | document | Tongan (Faka-Tonga) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (PDF, 563.93 KB) | document | Tongan (Faka-Tonga) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (MP3, 20.32 MB) | audio | Tongan (Faka-Tonga) |
| Medicare Factsheet for Asylum Seekers (PDF, 1003.18 KB) | document | Urdu (اردو) |
| Border Restrictions change for ACT (PDF, 226.06 KB) | document | Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) |
| Easing of Restrictions for QLD LGAs (PDF, 220.59 KB) | document | Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) |
| Wearing face masks in Queensland (PDF, 416.30 KB) | document | Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) |
| Wearing a mask in hospital (PDF, 414.77 KB) | document | Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) |
| Preparing to visit a hospital in Queensland (PDF, 206.90 KB) | document | Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) |
| New Restrictions Alert (PDF, 225.83 KB) | document | Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) |
| Contact tracing locations (PDF, 217.63 KB) | document | Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) |
| Information for people with disability (WAV, 4.28 MB) | audio | Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) |
| Information for people with disability (PDF, 195.21 KB) | document | Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (PDF, 544.32 KB) | document | Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) |
| Queensland Health COVID-19 Information (MP3, 15.95 MB) | audio | Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) |
Additional resources
- Australian Government translated COVID-19 resources
- Visit the Home Affairs website for translations in other languages
- Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS National).
- SBS's COVID-19 video in various languages.
- Australian Government accessible resources (Auslan and easy read)