covid-19-advice for CALD community
With the escalation of positive coronavirus cases across Victoria the State Government has announced as of Sunday 2 August at 11:59pm, a face covering or mask will be mandatory for all Victorian’s whenever they leave their home, including Greater Shepparton.
Victoria’s Chief Health Officer, Dr Brett Sutton, gives Eid-al-Adhga greetings and advice on celebrations, with Arabic subtitles.
Attached is a file in Arabic on how to design and make your own cloth face mask.
All the text is in Arabic. لصُنع هذه الكمامة من القماش، أنتم بحاجة إلى:
The advice on wearing masks in public has changed recently, with Victorians, particularly those in Melbourne and Mitchell Shire, now being asked to wear masks when they can not maintain social distancing. But for some people, wearing a mask is uncomfortable or impractical. Here are some solutions to overcome that.
The Muslim Professionals Association is hosting a series of webinars to support the community through the global pandemic. The series aims to provide a platform where professionals are able to share reliable information from their respective fields.
The World Health Organisation gives Video and Image guidance on wearing of Masks. This provides advice on the use of masks in communities, during home care, and in health care settings.
The Partners in Wellbeing program will provide specialist psychosocial and wellbeing supports across Victoria via telephone and video technology to people with experiencing poor psychosocial health and mental-ill health in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Victoria’s Chief Health Officer has updated his advice to recommend anyone living in metro Melbourne or Mitchell Shire to wear a face covering or cloth mask when leaving home for one of the four permitted reasons – where it is not possible to maintain a distance of at least 1.5 metres from other people.
Victoria’s Chief Health Officer speaks about wearing a Cloth Face Mask – who should wear this, and why. These recommendations apply to adults over the age of 18 – and those who cannot keep a safe distance from others in public.