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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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Dutch Winter School
2007-06-27

 

About 60 students from campuses across the country as well as Namibia are attending a Dutch Winter School this week on the Main Campus of the University of the Free State (UFS) in Bloemfontein. The school is presented by the Department of Afrikaans and Dutch and Modern European Languages and is financed by the Dutch Language Union. Here are, from the left, front: Ms Amy van Wyk (Rhodes University), Ms Gene Putter (North-West University); back: Dr Alice van Kalsbeek (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and presenter of the programme, Prof. Alf Jenkinson (Department of Afrikaans, Dutch, German and French at the UFS) and Prof. Yves T'Sjoeng (Ghent University and presenter of the programme).
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