Sweden’s Somali community is being hit particularly hard by the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, with at least 6 of the 15 victims who have died of the disease so far in Sweden being of Somali background.
Somalis in Sweden are complaining that they received information from the authorities too late to act on it, and that the material was inadequate.
Most of the warnings were only distributed in Swedish and English.
The government is now issuing updated information in 15 other languages besides Swedish.
The Swedish national television network, SVT, as well as several Swedish newspapers are beginning to add Arabic translations to their dispatches in an effort to disseminate information to immigrants more effectively.