Listen • 3:41 Josie Shaw, a Swahili interpreter in Clive, Iowa, makes short videos to share with refugees that has information about COVID-19. She says she s trying to combat misinformation spread through social media.
The Johnson County Public Health Department in eastern Iowa has COVID-19 information available in about a half -dozen languages.
But Samuel Jarvis, who works for the department, says getting this translated information out during the pandemic can be really hard. Because the information changes quickly. And really, it has to be at a faster pace, he says.
The department has three employees who produce videos in Arabic, French and Spanish. It also provides flyers in languages like Swahili and Mandarin Chinese.
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