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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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Physics puts new equipment into service
2009-09-15
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The Department of Physics at the University of the Free State (UFS) recently put the NanoProbe Auger and VersaProbe XPS systems into service. This equipment, worth R23 million, is used for research at nanometre level. Present at the event were, from the left, front: Prof. Jannie Swarts, Department of Chemistry at the UFS; Dr Daniel Adams, Director in Chief at the Department of Science and Technology; Dr Romilla Maharaj, Executive Director: Human and Institutional Capacity Development; and Dr Sankar Raman, Scientist PHI; At the back: Prof. Teuns Verschoor, Vice-Rector: Academic Operations at the UFS; and Prof. Hendrik Swart, Department of Physics at the UFS.
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