Early data on COVID-19 diagnoses and deaths suggest the pandemic is disproportionately affecting vulnerable populations in Boston and elsewhere in the country. 

To help people whose primary language is not English know when and how to seek care, a coalition of more than 150 medical students across the country — launched by a first year student at Harvard Medical School — is translating the latest information about preventing and managing COVID-19 into 35 languages. Offerings include fact sheets for explaining the virus to young children, preventing the spread of the virus, and for pregnant women.

Visit the COVID-19 health literacy project and select materials in the languages appropriate for your patient population.