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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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Microscopes for research on fish parasites
2005-09-02
The University of the Free State's (UFS) Department of Zoology and Entomology recently received two microscopes for the Okavango Delta Leseding Research Project from IMP Innovation Solutions. The microscopes will be used for research on fish parasites in the Okavango Delta.
Left: Prof Schalk Louw, from the Department of Zoology and Entomology; Prof Jo van As, Head of the Department of Zoology and Entomology; Dr Ivan van Rooyen, Director: UFS Marketing, and Ms Christa du Preez from IMP Innovation Solutions
Seated: Prof Herman van Schalkwyk, Dean: Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the UFS