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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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Satellite links UFS and ASU
2009-11-03
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The University of the Free State (UFS) recently communicated with the Appalachian State University (ASU) in North Carolina in the United States of America by means of a video conference. Various departments and faculties were involved with the communication, culminating in an agreement for future collaboration with the ASU. Opportunities for research and community partner collaboration in the ASU’s international learning programmes were identified. The collaboration also makes provision for reciprocal exchange of staff and students between the UFS and the ASU.
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