COVID-19 communications resources

Additional communications resources about coronavirus (COVID-19) including translated materials.

About these resources

Find additional communications resources about coronavirus (COVID-19) from a variety of government and partner organisations. This includes translated communications assets.

Languages for each resource are listed in each section on this page. Please note that the languages translated vary from resource to resource.

These resources will help you share relevant and up-to-date information with your communities and stakeholders.

The resources include:

posters
animations
audio
social media tiles.

Find more translated information and resources about COVID-19 on the Victorian Government’s Coronavirus website.

Remember: The Coronavirus website should be your first stop for information about up-to-date health orders.

Quarantine, isolation and testing

Advice for positive cases and contacts

What to do if you test positive for COVID-19 - Stakeholder Pack (PDF)
This pack contains key messages and 2 posters which explain what to do if you test positive for COVID-19 including who to tell, what to say, symptoms and food financial and mental health support.
What to do if you are a household contact - stakeholder pack (PDF)
This pack contains key messages and a poster explaining what to do if you if you are a household contact.

Materials in 36 languages.

Languages available:

Amharic
Arabic
Assyrian
Burmese
Chinese Simplified
Chinese Traditional
Dari
Dinka
English
Farsi
Greek
Hakha Chin
Hazaragi
Hindi
Italian
Karen
Khmer
Malayalam
Maltese
Nepali
Oromo
Pashto
Punjabi
Russian
Samoan
Sinhalese
Somali
Spanish
Swahili
Tagalog (Filipino)
Tamil
Telugu
Tigrinya
Turkish
Urdu
Vietnamese

Victorian Sick Pay Guarantee

The Victorian Sick Pay Guarantee gives causal and contract workers access to five days of paid sick leave per year.

Victoria Sick Pay Guarantee - stakeholder pack (pdf)
This pack contains information on the guarantee and how to apply for it.

Materials available in 13 languages

Arabic 
Assyrian 
Chinese – Traditional  
Chinese – Simplified  
Dari 
Dinka 
Greek 
Italian 
Punjabi 
Sinhalese 
Somali  
Turkish 
Vietnamese

Preparing for isolation and managing COVID symptoms at home

Preparing for and managing COVID-19 at home (PDF)

This pack contains key messages and a brochure on preparing for isolation, understanding and reporting your rapid antigen test result, and managing your symptoms.

Materials in 36 languages.

Languages available:

Arabic
Italian
Sinhalese
Assyrian
Greek
Somali
Bengali
Karen
Spanish
Burmese
Māori
Tagalog (Filipino)
Hakha Chin
Nepali
Tamil
Chinese (Traditional)
Nuer
Tigrinya
Chinese (Simplified)
Oromo
Tongan
Dari
Pashto
Turkish
Dinka
Punjabi
Urdu
Farsi
Rohingya
Vietnamese
Hindi
Samoan

COVID-19 at home – understanding symptoms and getting the right care

COVID-19 at home – understanding symptoms - English (PDF)

This pack contains key messages, social media tiles and posters on how to manage COVID-19 symptoms at home, including when to get help from a local pharmacist, doctor and the Nurse-On-Call service.

Materials in 42 languages.

Languages available:

Amharic
Arabic
Assyrian
Bengali
Burmese
Chin
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Croatian
Dari
Dinka
English
Farsi
Filipino (Tagalog)
Greek
Gujarati
Hazaragi
Hindi
Italian
Karen
Khmer
Korean
Macedonian
Malayalam
Nepali
Nuer
Oromo
Pashto
Polish
Punjabi
Russian
Samoan
Serbian
Sinhalese
Somali
Spanish
Swahil
Tamil
Thai
Turkish
Urdu
Vietnamese

COVIDCare pack (PDF)

This pack contains social tiles and key messages on managing COVID-19 symptoms at home, recovering from COVID-19 and the COVID Positive Pathways program
Note: Available in English only.

COVID at home – get the right help for your recovery (PDF)

This pack contains videos, audio files, social tiles and website assets on getting the right help for your recovery from COVID-19.

Note: Available in English only.

Find more information on positive cases and contacts in English on the Your COVID checklist page of the Coronavirus website.

For more information on managing COVID-19 at home in English visit the Managing COVID-19 at home webpage.

Find more information on the COVID Positive Pathways program in English on the COVID Positive Pathways page of the Coronavirus website.

Understanding rapid antigen tests

Understanding rapid antigen tests (PDF)

This pack contains a poster and social tile on knowing when to use a rapid antigen test, who can get rapid antigen tests for free and how to read your rapid antigen test result.

Materials in 36 languages.

Available languages:

Amharic
Arabic
Assyrian
Burmese
Chinese Simplified
Chinese Traditional
Dari
Dinka
Farsi
Greek
Hakha Chin
Hazaragi
Hindi
Italian
Karen
Khmer
Malayalam
Maltese
Nepali
Oromo
Pashto
Punjabi
Russian
Samoan
Sinhalese
Somali
Spanish
Swahili
Tagalog (Filipino)
Tamil
Telugu
Tigrinya
Turkish
Urdu
Vietnamese

Find more information on testing in English on the Getting tested page of the Coronavirus website.

Using rapid antigen tests

Using rapid antigen tests (PDF)

This pack brings together material from:

What to do if you test positive for COVID-19 and
Understanding Rapid Antigen Tests.

It also has videos on how to perform a nasal rapid antigen test how to read your test results in 35 languages.

There is also 4 videos about how to use rapid antigen tests made in partnership with the Victorian Youth Congress. These are short with minimal English and designed for use on Instagram, Tiktok and Facebook.

Vaccination

Vaccination animations

Before, during and after your COVID-19 vaccination (PDF)

This pack contains key messages, animations and audio files on what to expect before, during and after your COVID-19 vaccination including how to book your appointment.

Materials in 22 languages

Languages include:

Amharic
Arabic
Burmese
Dari
Dinka
Greek
Persian
Punjabi
Mandarin
Somali
Spanish
Tagalog
Cantonese
Turkish
Urdu
Vietnamese
Hindi
Italian
Khmer
Nepali
Korean
English

COVID-19 vaccination for kids 5 years and over

Kids 5 to 11 years vaccination stakeholder pack (PDF)

This pack contains a social media tile on vaccinations for kids aged 5 years and over.

Materials in 41 languages:

Languages include:

Amharic
Arabic
Assyrian
Bengali
Burmese
Cantonese
Chin Hakha
Chinese Simplified
Chinese Traditional
Croatian
Dari
Dinka
English
Filipino / Tagalog
Farsi
Filipino (Tagalog)
Greek
Hindi
Italian
Gujarati
Hazaragi
Hindi
Italian
Karen
Khmer
Korean
Macedonian
Malayalam
Nepali
Persian
Nuer
Oromo
Pashto
Polish
Punjabi
Mandarin
Russian
Samoan
Serbian
Sinhalese
Somali
Spanish
Swahili
Tamil
Thai
Turkish
Urdu
Vietnamese

Third Dose – Every third dose campaign

COVID-19 Third Dose – Every third dose campaign (PDF)

This pack contains key messages, social tiles and links to translated web content on third dose vaccination. Materials in 43 languages.

Languages include:

Amharic
Arabic
Assyrian
Bengali
Burmese
Chin
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Croatian
Dari
Dinka
English
Farsi
Filipino (Tagalog)
Greek
Gujarati
Hazaragi
Hindi
Indonesian
Italian
Karen
Khmer
Korean
Macedonian
Malayalam
Nepali
Nuer
Oromo
Pashto
Polish
Punjabi
Russian
Samoan
Serbian
Sinhalese
Somali
Spanish
Swahili
Tamil
Thai
Turkish
Urdu
Vietnamese

Find more information on COVID-19 vaccines in English on the COVID-19 vaccines page of the Coronavirus website.

Staying safe

Staying COVIDSafe

COVID-19 Staying Safe – CALD stakeholder Kit (PDF)

This pack contains social media tiles, animations and audio recordings on staying safe including:

seeing friends and family
why testing is still important after vaccination
how wearing masks reduce the risk of getting COVID-19.

Materials in 18 languages.

Languages include:

Arabic
Assyrian
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Greek
Urdu
Somali
Sinhalese
Turkish
Hindi
Vietnamese
Persian (Farsi)
English
Cantonese
Dari
Dinka
Greek
Italian
Punjabi
Somali
Spanish
Tagalog
Tamil
Turkish
Khmer
Nepali
Mandarin
Macedonian
Pacific Islander English
Punjabi
Urdu.

COVID-19 Youth videos stakeholder kit (PDF)

This pack contains fun, short videos suitable for use on social media about being COVIDSafe while meeting friends and family.

Note: Available in English only.

Find more information on staying COVIDSafe on the Staying safe page of the Coronavirus website.

Mental health

Mental health and wellbeing hubs

COVID-19 Mental health and wellbeing hub (PDF)

This pack contains key messages, social media tiles and posters about mental health and wellbeing.

Materials in 27 languages.

Languages include:

Arabic
Assyrian
Burmese
Chaldean
Chin
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Dari
English
Farsi
Filipino Tagalog
Greek
Hazaragi
Hindi
Italian
Karen
Khmer
Korean
Malayalam
Maltese
Nepali
Pashto
Punjabi
Spanish
Tamil
Turkish
Vietnamese.

Find more information on mental health during coronavirus on the Mental health resources – COVID-19 page of the Coronavirus website.

Returning to school

COVIDSafe return to school (PDF)

This pack contains key messages, social media tiles, audio messages and posters on ensuring a COVIDSafe return to school.

Materials in 35 languages.

Languages available:

Acholi
Amharic
Arabic
Assyrian
Chinese Simplified
Chinese Traditional
Dari
Dinka
English
Falam
Falam (pdf)
Filipino (Tagalog)
Hakha Chin
Hazaragi
Hindi
Karen
Khmer
Korean
Macedonian
Nepali
Nuer
Oromo
Pashto
Persian (Farsi)
Punjabi
Samoan
Sinhalese
Somali
Swahili
Tamil
Tigrinya
Tongan
Turkish
Urdu
Vietnamese
Zomi.

Back to school – Keeping our kids COVIDSafe (PDF)

This pack contains social media tiles, posters and audio information about keeping our kids COVIDSafe when returning to school.

Note: Available in English only.

Find more information on education on the Education – information for parents, students and educators page on the Coronavirus website.

AskVic - Multilingual WhatsApp Chatbot

Ask Vic Stakeholder Pack (PDF)

‘AskVic’ is the Victorian Government’s in-language WhatsApp chatbot, developed to assist Victorians get the questions they need answered as quickly as possible.

In this pack, you will find posters, radio and animation explaining how to use the chat bot.

Materials in 8 languages.

Languages available:

Arabic
English
Hindi
Punjabi
Spanish
Tagalog
Turkish
Vietnamese

Audio resources

The National Ethnic and Multicultural Broadcasters Council in collaboration with the Victorian Government has developed audio explainers on a variety of COVID-19 topics in multiple languages.