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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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Academics present papers at international conference
2008-10-22
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Staff members of the Department of Industrial Psychology at the University of the Free State (UFS) recently attended the International Conference on Contemporary Business (ICCB 2008) in Somerset West (Cape Town), where they also presented papers. At the conference were, from the left: Dr Cobus Pienaar (Head of Department), Mrs Ronel Kleynhans (Junior Lecturer), Prof. Coen Bester (Senior Professor), Miss Estelle Boshoff (Lecturer) and Mr Lyle Markham (Junior Lecturer). Mr Leon Bezuidenhoud from the same department and Mr Mandla Ndlangamandla from the UFS Qwaqwa Campus were also part of this group.
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