UCLA multilingual COVID-19 website offers vaccine information in more than a dozen languages

TheTranslateCovid.org informational site operated by UCLA recently launched a robust vaccine FAQ section, which to date has information in 17  languages including Spanish, Armenian, Chinese, French, Hindi, Hmong, Japanese, Lai, Thai, Vietnamese and more. UCLA ’s Asian American Studies Center and Fielding School of Public Health created the site in May 2020 and have been updating it regularly as new information about the virus and pandemic emerges. During the past few months, they’ve been publishing vital information on the COVID-19 vaccines.Asian American studies center staff also plan to add at least three more translations — in Chuukese, Marshallese and Korean.Since December, the top searched terms on the TranslateCovid.org site have been related to vaccines. The site launched as a means to deliver accurate information to communities that often face an increased vulnerability because of a lack of access to official news, public health information and safety recommendations in a language other than English.“As more vaccines become available to more people, it’s critical that non-English and English-as-a-second-language speakers have access to factual information,” said Karen Umemoto, director of the Asian American studies center.“There is a great amount of misinformation and confusion about the seriousness of COVID-19 and the safety and effectiveness of the new vaccines,” Umemoto said. “In collaboration with professors Gil Gee and May Wang of the Fielding...
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