AQW 7196/17-22

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 18/09/2020
Answered On Date: 08/12/2020
Priority Written: No

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

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