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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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Students focus on African origins

2007-09-13

First- and third-year students from the Department of Anthropology at the University of the Free State (UFS) recently took part in the celebrations of the African Origins Month held at the National Museum in Bloemfontein. The main objective of the project was to raise public awareness for palaeontology, rock art and archaeology with regard to the origins of man in Africa. At the celebrations were, from the left: Mr Tebogo Mohlakane (of the education division of the National Museum), Clementina Klein, Bruewayne van Schalkwyk, Johan Venter (all first-year students in Anthropology at the UFS), and Mr Jo Serekoane (junior lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at the UFS).
Photo: Leonie Bolleurs

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