COVID Resources
Thank you to Brad Long, Embedded Health Sciences Librarian | Assistant Librarian, Harrell Health Sciences Library, Penn State College of Medicine and Nalini Krishnankutty, MSLC Board of Directors, for helping to collect these resources.
COVID-19 portals for the 4 major health care systems in Centre County
Penn State Health: https://yourcare.pennstatehealth.org/acton/fs/blocks/showLandingPage/a/34718/p/p-002c/t/page/fm/0
Mount Nittany Medical Center: https://www.mountnittany.org/coronavirus
Geisinger: https://www.geisinger.org/coronavirus
Centre Volunteers in Medicine: https://cvim.net/
Resources in other languages
Videos on how to wear a mask, put together by Literacy Pittsburgh English Class: Arabic, Somali, Spanish, Spanish, Swahili
COVID-19 info videos from CDC – put out by Erie County Govt, PA: English, Nepali, Somali, Spanish, Swahili
Updated Google Doc for in-language COVID-resources, with a description of the resource, and who/which age group it is applicable to: These are in 41 different AAPI languages.
Multilingual COVID-19 Resources – Food and Drug Administration https://www.fda.gov/emergency-preparedness-and-response/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/multilingual-covid-19-resources
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Communication Toolkit for Migrants, Refugees, and Other Limited-English-Proficient Populations https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/communication-toolkit.html
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the public – World Health Organization https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public
Note: toggle buttons for 6 languages
COVID-19 Resources for Kids and Families – Johns Hopkins Children’s Center https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/johns-hopkins-childrens-center/patients-and-families/COVID-19-resources-for-kids.html – includes resources in English, Spanish, and Arabic
Books for Children explaining Coronavirus – free online
My Hero is You: https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/09-04-2020-children-s-story-book-released-to-help-children-and-young-people-cope-with-covid-19
Coronavirus – A book for Children: https://www.mykidstime.com/entertainment/free-copy-coronavirus-a-book-for-children/