However, Wagga's multicultural community is drawing down on its strong community networks to make sure nobody is left behind.

Wagga Multicultural Council CEO Belinda Crain said the organisation was playing a role linking non-English speaking Wagga residents with vital coronavirus information.

She said while it was difficult for language resources to keep up in the early days of social distancing restrictions, there were now plenty of up-to-date sources of Australian coronavirus information across the most commonly spoken languages which the council was sharing through social media and contact with members.

Those who speak less languages less well-known in Australia such as Kurdish Kurmanji are being assisted by family members.

"With a lot of them, at least one member of the family can speak Arabic and read Arabic so that information's being shared," Ms Crain said.

She said while the community was heeding social distancing advice with a dramatic drop in people attending the multicultural council's office, people were still reaching out via phone and the council was checking in on those with limited English and older members of the community to make sure they were safe and informed.

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With much communication facilitated remotely by interpreters, Ms Crain said adapting to phone conversations had been relatively simple.

"It just means that we're calling them on their phone rather than them coming into the office and us putting the interpreter on speaker, so that really hasn't changed."

The council is also reaching out through an email list with about 800 members, and through a variety of ethnic communities with existing networks on social media.

"We've also got different leaders in communities that we can send information to, and we're getting them to share information with their community groups," Ms Crain said.

She said the coronavirus outbreak had shown how "lucky" Wagga was to have a strong multicultural community which allowed them to stay connected and share up-to-date information on the ever-changing situation.

"No one expected this but because we're well known within the communities, people are calling us," she said.

Ms Crain said the council had also received no reports of racial abuse over the past four weeks, despite hearing reports of increased racist attacks in other regional areas.

"No one has come in with those concerns which has been great," she said.

"We're going through a once in a lifetime horrific event for everyone, and people just need to be kind to one another."