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09 September 2021 | Story Lacea Loader

Dr Samantha Potgieter, infectious disease expert at the Universitas Academic Hospital and affiliated Lecturer in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of the Free State (UFS), will answer questions about the COVID-19 vaccine and its affects.  

The webinar will address questions such as the following:

• what vaccination is and how it works
• how vaccines are developed and how we know they are safe and effective
• how the COVID-19 vaccine works and how it can protect you
• the side effects of the vaccine
• the risks vs benefits of the vaccine.

You can also forward questions prior to the webinar to grimbeekl@ufs.ac.za

Date: Friday 10 September 2021
Time: 11:00-12:00
Register for the webinar


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Kovsie student offers help in Nepal
2015-05-04

 

A student from the University of the Free State (UFS) Disaster Management Training and Education Centre for Africa (DiMTEC) has recently arrived in Nepal where, together with the South African group from the international help support organisation, Gift of the Givers, he is working as a volunteer.

The group left for Nepal last week where the country was hard hit by a disastrous earthquake.

Schalk van der Merwe, a Master’s degree student at the UFS, is now offering his services as a technical rescuer in Nepal for the next three weeks.

He describes conditions as extremely challenging as the team must function with very little equipment and no local language skills.

 

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