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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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Prominent UFS women meet up with media in Wonderland
2011-08-04
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At the breakfast were, from the left: Prof. Magda Mulder, Head of our School of Nursing; Prof. Daniella Coetzee, Dean: Teaching and Learning, situated on our South Campus; Prof. Corli Witthuhn, Vice-Dean of our Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, and Lynette Francis, the guest speaker.
Photo: Anja Aucamp
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During a Women’s Breakfast arranged by our Division: Strategic Communication at the UFS, prominent women from the university enjoyed breakfast with some women representatives from the local media. Lynette Francis, who presents the SABC 2 programme Fokus as well as Praat Saam on Radio Sonder Grense, was the guest speaker at this event, with the theme: Alice in Wonderland.