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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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International Advisory Council advises university leadership

2010-11-15

At the concluding session were Ms Phumzile Mlambo-Nqcuka, Executive Chairperson of the Umlambo Foundation (and former Deputy-President of South Africa), and Prof Jonathan Jansen, Rector and Vice-Chancellor of the UFS.
Photo: Chris Liebenberg

The International Advisory Council (IAC), chaired by Prof Joel Samoff, Stanford University, USA concluded its four-day meeting during the past week. The IAC advises the leadership of the University of the Free State (UFS) on its future positioning strategies, especially in relation to its international ambitions as a place of scholarship and service among the leading universities in the world.

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