Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
UCLA Health COVID-19 Coronavirus Update
UCLA Health is in regular contact with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the LA County Department of Public Health and our public health partners to limit the spread of COVID-19. As a leading academic medical center, we are uniquely positioned to support this challenge. This page was developed as resource for patients, employees and news media.
An official California Governor site provides data and updated information on COVID-19 in many languages.
County of Los Angeles Public Health
The County of Los Angeles Public Health provides information and news in many languages for COVID-19, safety, symptoms, contact tracing, testing, and guidance.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
These relevant questions are taken from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page on COVID-19. For more detailed information, please visit the CDC site. The CDC FAQ can be found in the following languages:
[ English | Chinese 中文 | Korean 한국어 | Spanish Español | Vietnamese Tiếng Việt ]
Data Related to COVID-19
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs – Statistics • UN COVID-19 Data Hub
- This section makes data relevant to COVID-19 response readily available as geospatial data web services, suitable for the production of maps and other data visualizations and analyses, and easy to download in multiple formats.
Johns Hopkins University – Coronavirus Resource Center
California Department of Health
- COVID-19 Race & Ethnicity Data [ English ]
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research – COVID-19 Dashboards
UCLA American Indian Studies Center
- Coronavirus in Indian Country: Latest Case Counts [ English ]
- COVID-19 Cases by IHS Area [ English ]
- COVID-19 Tracker in the United States [ English ]
UCLA Law COVID-19 Behind Bars Data Project
- An Initiative of the UCLA Prison Law and Policy Program [ English ]
- The COVID Tracking Project at The Atlantic [ English ]
- We collect, cross-check, and publish COVID-19 data from 56 US states and territories in three main areas: testing, patient outcomes, and, via The COVID Racial Data Tracker, racial and ethnic demographic information. We compile these numbers to provide the most complete picture we can assemble of the US COVID-19 testing effort and the outbreak’s effects on the people and communities it strikes.
- The Color Of Coronavirus: COVID-19 Deaths by Race and Ethnicity in the U.S. [ English ]
COVID-19 & Race/Ethnicity
Reports
- “American Indian Reservations and COVID-19: Correlates of Early Infection Rates in the Pandemic” (July/August 2020) from Journal of Public Health Management and Practice [ English ]
- “COVID-19’s Employment Disruptions to Asian Americans” (07/20/20) by UCLA Asian American Studies Center, UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge, and Ong & Associates [ English ]
- “Left Behind During a Global Pandemic: An Analysis of Los Angeles County Neighborhoods at Risk of Not Receiving COVID-19 Individual Rebates Under the CARES Act” (04/13/20) by the UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge, Latino Policy & Politics Initiative, and Ong & Associates [ English ]
- Immigration and COVID-19 (Launched 03/26/20) from New American Economy Research Fund [ English ]
Articles & Multimedia
Opinions & Statements
- 04/29/20 | “In Pandemics, More Than Viruses Spread” (UCLA Fielding School of Public Health) [ English ]
- 04/01/20 | “An Open Letter to Policy Makers and Public Health Officials on The Need to Prioritize Equity in Policy Responses to the COVID-19 Epidemic” (LA Social Science) [ English ]
- 03/19/20 | “Health Justice Strategies To Combat COVID-19: Protecting Vulnerable Communities During A Pandemic” (Health Affairs) [ English ]
Social Media
TranslateCovid.org Social Media Toolkit
Help us spread the word about the COVID-19 Multilingual Resource Hub! Use these social media graphics to share the resources and information available at TranslateCovid.org. The graphics can be shared on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and other social media platforms. © All rights reserved, UCLA Asian American Studies Center.
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Spread the word, not the virus. Get information on COVID-19 in 40 languages at TranslateCovid.org. #translatecovid #covid #covid19 #covidfacts #stayathome #socialdistancing @UCLAAASC @UCLAFSPH
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UCLA Against COVID-19
Created by a team of UCLA graduate students and experts to share multilingual resources and spread awareness on current COVID-19 conditions in SoCal.
Disclaimer
The resources collected here are intended to provide basic information about COVID-19 to diverse communities. Please use the resources provided with caution. We do not endorse or assume responsibility for any information offered by third-party websites that are linked through this site. We strongly recommend consulting your personal health care providers and local officials for medical advice and guidelines. Due to the rapidly changing development of knowledge and guidelines around COVID-19, we have worked to confirm the origin of the links and resources to the best of our ability, but we know that some information provided may be out-of-date or incomplete. If you have any questions, please contact us at resources@aasc.ucla.edu or fill out our feedback form for suggestions.