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King County is committed to ensuring that all residents have the information they need about Novel Coronavirus-19 (COVID-19).

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Below, you will find a downloadable fact sheet, hygiene advice, webinars, guidance for businesses and more. To request additional information in another format or language, please contact the Office of Equity and Social Justice, Language Equity Program Manager, Senayet Negusse or the Immigrant and Refugee Policy Advisor, Hamdi Mohamed. Please visit King County’s COVID website, www.kingcounty.gov/covid regularly for additional languages and updates.

INFORMATION IN LANGUAGE FROM PUBLIC HEALTH – SEATTLE & KING COUNTY

All of the public health recommendations in 16 languages have been updated on our website:

Amharic, Arabic, Chinese, Filipino, French, Hindi,Hmong, Japanese,
Khmer, Korean, Marshallese, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Thai, Vietnamese

Translated information for specific groups:

Guidance for essential businesses

• 留在家裡 – 保持健康 必要業務的指南 (Chinese)
• Stay Home – Stay Healthy : 필수 사업체를 위한 지침 (Korean)
• Оставайтесь дома – будьте здоровы: Руководство для учреждений первой необходимости (Russian)
• Permanezca en casa – Permanezca Saludable: Orientación para los negocios esenciales (Spanish)
• Ở Nhà – Giữ Gìn Sức Khỏe: Hướng Dẫn Cho Các Doanh Nghiệp Thiết Yếu (Vietnamese)

Guidance for child care administrators: What to do when you have a positive COVID-19 case in your facility

• ለህጻናት መንከባከቢያ አስተዳዳሪዎች መመሪያ (Amharic)
• 托兒中心行政員的指南 (Chinese)
• Tilmaanta loogu talagalay Maamulayaasha Xanaanada Cunugga (Somali)
• Orientación para administradores de guarderías (Spanish)
• Hướng Dẫn Cho Nhân Viên Quản Lý Chăm Sóc Trẻ Em (Vietnamese)

COVID-19 fact sheet for families (PDF)

• ስለ COVID 19 እውነት ገጾች ለቤተሰቦች (Amharic)
• 給家庭的COVID-19情況說明書 (Chinese)
• COVID-19 Xaashida Xaqiiqada ee Qoysaska (Somali)
• Hoja Informativa para Padres de Familia sobre COVID-19 (Spanish)
• Thông Tin Về COVID-19 Dành Cho Gia Đình (Vietnamese)

Daily checklist for all child care facilities (PDF)

• ለህጻናት መንከባከቢያ አስተዳዳሪዎች የድርጊት ዝርዝር፡ COVID-19ን ለመከላከል እርምጃዎች (Amharic)
• 托兒中心行政員檢查列表：預防 COVID-19 的步驟 (Chinese)
• Liiska-hubinta ee maamulayaasha Xanaanada ilmaha: Talaabooyinka looga Hortago COVID-19 (Somali)
• Lista de verificación para administradores de guarderías: Pasos para prevenir COVID-19 (Spanish)
• Danh Sách Kiểm Tra Cho Người Quản Lý Trung Tâm Chăm Sóc Trẻ Em: Các Bước Ngăn Ngừa COVID-19 (Vietnamese)

In-language Social Media Ads:

• Facebook ad - Chinese
• Facebook ad – Korean
• Facebook ad – Somali
• Facebook ad – Spanish
• Facebook ad – Tagalog
• Facebook ad – Vietnamese
• Facebook ad – Japanese

We have also hosted in-language webinars in Spanish, Somali, Tigrinya, and Vietnamese in partnership with City of Seattle. Discussion topic include public health recommendations, small business/workers resources, community resources and opportunities for Q&A. On, April 2, 2020 at 5:00PM we will be hosting a community discussion on the Novel Coronavirus for Amharic speakers.

To join the April 2 meeting, at 5:00 PM, you can either:

• Join Skype Meeting

• Call: 206-386-1200, Conference ID: 75469340#
• Call: 206-684-5900, Conference ID: 75469340#

INFORMATION FROM WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

COVID-19 webpages in Chinese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese

INFORMATION FROM CDC

Coronavirus (COVID-19) webpages in Spanish/Español, Chinese/繁體中文, Vietnamese/Tiếng Việt, Korean/한국어

Coming soon: short videos in language about the Stay Home, Stay Healthy order.