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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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Aids sufferers encouraged not to give up
2008-05-21

 

The Aids Unit of the University of the Free State (UFS) held an HIV/Aids Candlelight Memorial Service on the Main Campus in Bloemfontein in remembrance of those who live with the disease and those who have died from it. The theme for the day was "Stop HIV and Aids. Never give up”. Lighting candles in remembrance of those affected and infected by Aids, were Bonolo Phatlane, first-year B.Admin. student (left), and Prof. Teuns Verschoor, Acting Rector of the UFS.
Photo: Leonie Bolleurs

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