Healthcare | Tuesday 17 March, 2020 12:55 pm |

The Ministry of Health has issued an awareness guide in several languages, targeting citizens and expatriates, to raise awareness of precautions needed to prevent coronavirus and the dangers of not following educational advice, including Filipino, Urdu, English, French, Russian, Portuguese, and Arabic.
This is part of the Ministry of Health's continuing awareness messages to counter the novel coronavirus (Covid-19).
The guide also included a definition of the new virus, its transmission methods, symptoms of infection, how to prevent (Covid-19) infection, the correct way to wash hands and the importance of sterilization, wrong behavior, advice when respiratory symptoms appear, and the correct time and way to wear a mask, in addition to home quarantine procedures, and travel instructions at the time of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19). The guide also included a set of common questions about the novel coronavirus and its answer.
The awareness guide can be directly accessed through the following links in a number of languages, and it includes the following languages:
Arabic:
https://www.moh.gov.sa/awarenessplateform/VariousTopics/Documents/PreventCOVID19-Arb.pdf
English:
https://www.moh.gov.sa/awarenessplateform/VariousTopics/Documents/PreventCOVID19-Eng.pdf
French:
https://www.moh.gov.sa/awarenessplateform/VariousTopics/Documents/PreventCOVID19-Fre.pdf
Russian:
https://www.moh.gov.sa/awarenessplateform/VariousTopics/Documents/PreventCOVID19-Rus.pdf
Portuguese:
https://www.moh.gov.sa/awarenessplateform/VariousTopics/Documents/PreventCOVID19-Port.pdf
Urdu:
https://www.moh.gov.sa/awarenessplateform/VariousTopics/Documents/PreventCOVID19-Urdu.pdf
Filipino
https://www.moh.gov.sa/awarenessplateform/VariousTopics/Documents/PreventCOVID19-Tag.pdf