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‘The COVID Vaccine and YOU’

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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UFS unbeatable in Free State hockey league

2010-04-23

Lesley Anne George, captain of the UFS first hockey team.
Photo: Hannes Pieterse

The University of the Free State’s (UFS) first as well as its second hockey teams are still unbeaten in the Free State hockey league. The Kovsies men’s hockey team boasts with victories over the UFS Blues (12-0), CUT 1 (7-0) and Brebs Rangers (5-1). The Kovsies women’s team also wiped away all opposition in its way with its victory over the UFS Blues (9-0), CUT 2 (9-0), and CUT 1 (7-0).

The Reds, the UFS’s second best, is also unbeatable. The Reds men’s team boasts with victories over Tweespruit (4-0), Brebs Rangers (2-0), Brebs 2 (14-0) and CUT Colts (5-0). The Reds women’s team compares favourably with the men and triumphed over Brebs 1 (2-0), Masters (11-0) and the UFS Blues (5-0).

According to Mr Frans van der Watt from KovsieSport at the UFS both Kovsies’ men’s and women’s hockey teams are the defending Free State champions.

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