COVID-19, sometimes called Coronavirus, is a virus that has made lots of people sick all around the world.

A virus is an illness or disease that can spread easily from one person to another person.

COVID-19 is spreading quickly. This makes it a pandemic.

A virus becomes a pandemic when it spreads quickly to lots of countries around the world.

On this page you can find information about:

• COVID-19
• how to look after yourself and stop the spread of COVID-19
• how to look after your mental health during COVID-19.

Easy Read resources

• COVID-19 Tricky Words [PDF]
• What is coronavirus
• What are the directions?
• How to protect your health
• If you feel sick
• How to self isolate
• Proof of COVID-19 vaccination
• Easy Read list of words

Related links

• Winter 2022: Advice for people with disability
• Additional precautions for people vulnerable to respiratory illness
• Easy Read information on looking after your mental health - Council for Intellectual Disability
• IDEAS - Information on Disability, Education and Awareness Services
• Department of Communities and Justice - COVID-19 (coronavirus) response - Seniors, people with disability and carers
• NSW Government - COVID-19
• NSW Health - COVID-19 Aboriginal health resources
• NSW Health - COVID-19 resources in other languages