Latest COVID-19 Information translated in Karen
COVID-19 Fact Sheets
Karen COVID-19 Guide to when you have tested positive to COVID-19
If you have recently tested positive to COVID-19 please follow our guide below for information on what to do next.
Karen version - When you have tested positive to COVID-19
English version - When you have tested positive to COVID-19
Find archived Karen COVID-19 information here
Karen Guide 'What to do if you have tested positive to COVID-19":
Bendigo Community Health Staff have developed a new guide to help you understand what to do next if you have tested positive for COVID-19.
Download the Karen guide: What to do if you test positive to COVID-19
Karen COVID-19 Safe Guide
The Bendigo Karen Youth Group have developed a resource to keep you and your family safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Download the COVID-19 safe guide: COVID-19 Safety: Living with COVID
Video coming soon, until then find our latest video's on social media here.
COVID-19 Vaccination Information
INFORMATION SHEET: Download and print out a COVID-19 vaccine information sheet in Karen language click here
Most frequently asked questions about the COVID-19 vaccine answered
Karen community members explain why they got the COVID-19 vaccine
Video: With the onset of colder weather, we are encouraging the Karen community to get their 3rd or 4th dose.
Highlighting a special COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic:
VIDEO: Bendigo Community Health Services and Bendigo Health team up to run Bendigo's first COVID-19 vaccine clinic for the Karen community. Click on the picture below to watch the video from Saturday's clinic. If anyone from the Karen community has any questions about the COVID-19 vaccine please call our FREE Coronavirus Telephone Hotline between 1.30pm-4pm Monday to Thursday on 5406 1254 or call/text 0437 418 984.
Coronavirus Telephone Hotline for Karen community
We are now offering a free telephone hotline for Karen community members who have questions about Coronavirus. Your call will be answered by one of our Karen-speaking staff and all calls are confidential. The hotline is available from Monday to Thursday between 1pm and 4.30pm. Please call 5406 1254 or call/text 0437 418 984. Don't worry if you have a pre-paid phone plan as we will call you straight back to save money.
To print out and share a promotional flyer for the new Coronavirus Telephone Hotline for the Karen community click here
Special video series for parents in Karen language
Our Settlement Services team has made a special series of videos to help parents talk to their children about Coronavirus and work to keep a normal family routine.
We thank the Victorian Government for funding to allow us to make this valuable information resource for parents during these Coronavirus times.
Parenting series in Karen language
(Click on the links below to watch the videos)
Video 1: Talking to your children about Coronavirus - watch video
Video 2: Don't forget to stop, pause, play - watch video
Video 3: Keeping a good routine at home is important - watch video
Video 4: Helping your children cope with stress around Coronavirus - watch video
Bendigo Mayor issues statement in support of Karen community
Watch a video statement from Bendigo Mayor Margaret O'Rourke supporting Karen community click here
Print out a copy of statement from Bendigo Mayor Margaret O'Rourke in Karen pdf click here (1.00 MB)
Step by step guide to using Telehealth (healthdirect) for video appointments
Bendigo Community Health Services is using healthdirect to provide video Telehealth appointments with our health professionals.
To download a step by step guide on how to use healthdirect in English and Karen language pdf click here (627 KB)
A 'no money accepted sign' in Karen for business
If you run a business used by the Karen community and want to let them know you would prefer not to accept cash payments at this time, please email us on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and we will send you as translated poster.
Find COVID-19 resources in Dari here
Find COVID-19 resources in Dinka here
Help us spread the word
Bendigo Community Health Services is happy for you to share these resources with a credit. Thank you.
We'd love your feedback
We would love to hear your feedback on our Bendigo Coronavirus Refugee Resource Hub. If you've got something to share please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Refugee settlement services at BCHS
Learn more about the great things we are doing to support the refugee communities of Bendigo at www.bchs.com.au
Do you need information in a language other than Karen, Dari or Dinka?
The Department of Health and Human Services has translated Coronavirus information in more than 50 languages. To access this information click here
The languages covered include Amharic, Arabic, Assyrian, Bengali, Bosnian, Burmese, Chaldean, Chin, Chinese, Cook Island Maori (Rarotongan), Croatian, Dari, English, Fijian, Filipino, French, Greek, Gujarati, Hakka, Hazaragi, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Khmer, Korean, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Nepali, Niuean - Vagahau Niue, Nuer, Oromo, Pashto, Persian (Farsi), Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Rohingya, Russian, Serbian, Samoan, Sinhalese, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tamil, Thai, Tigrinya, Tongan, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese and Zomi.