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08 April 2020
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Story Prof Francois Vreÿ, and Prof Hussein Solomon
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The international response to the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a health security threat stimulated an international response that commenced with drastic, but localised actions in China, but responses rapidly manifested in more extreme measures in the rest of the world. Amidst international efforts imposing extraordinary national and international movement restrictions and a rush to find a medical cure, two questions arise. First, how does COVID-19 as a health security threat feature within the global security debate and second, how to explain the harsh responses that one observes.
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Young scientists show their projects on UFS's main campus
2008-08-18
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The annual Eskom Expo for Young Scientists was presented this week in partnership with the University of the Free State (UFS) on the institutions's Main Campus in Bloemfontein. Altogether 523 primary and secondary schools in Bloemfontein and the Southern Free State took part in the expo and 401 projects were exhibited. Here are Zhané Saais (left), Grade 7 learner from Central Primary School in Bloemfontein and Simoné Steyn, Grade 7 learner from Onze Rust Primary School in Bloemfontein with a project of Simoné. Her project entailed the use of aspirin on roses to combat fungal disease.
Photo: Leonie Bolleurs
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