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03 September 2021 | Story Burneline Kaars
The University of the Free State invites students and staff to a webinar titled, ‘The COVID vaccine and YOU’. Dr Samantha Potgieter, infectious disease expert at the Universitas Academic Hospital and affiliated Lecturer in the Department of Internal Medicine, will answer questions from staff about the COVID-19 vaccine and how it affects them. 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

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Five Kovsies included in the SA Top 30 group
2009-08-14

 
Anja Opperman
Photo: Reg Caldecott

The Free State netball team, which only consists of players from the University of the Free State (UFS), recently returned from the SPAR National Netball Championships that were held in Port Elizabeth.

According to Ms Burta de Kock from KovsieSport at the UFS, the team, where five first-year players were included, brought back home a bronze medal when they ended third out of the eleven teams who participated.

Five of the Kovsie players were also included in the SA Top 30 group. They are Doretha Joubert, Sane du Preez, Adele Niemand, Anja Opperman and Elzet Engelbrecht.
 

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