AQW 7196/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Health

To ask the Minister of Health to detail the different formats that are available for the instructions on at-home COVID-19 testing kits.

Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 18 September 2020

  • Answered
  • Written
  • After due date
Tabled
18 September 2020
Answer due by
5 October 2020
Answered
8 December 202081 days after tabling
Department
Department of Health
Priority question
No

Answer

All Home Test Kits used in Northern Ireland are provided through the National Testing Programme managed by the Department of Health and Social Services London (DHSC). The Home Test Kits are provided with instructions in English.

DHSC has advised that instructions are also available for translation in the following languages by calling the 119 number.

Hindi
Somali
Arabic
Czech
French
Kurdish
Portuguese
Romanian
Slovak
Amharic
Bengali
Gujarati
Japanese
Lithuanian
Mandarin
Pashto
Polish
Punjabi
Spanish
Tamil
Tigrinya
Urdu
Persian Iran

Official sources