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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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Abe Bailey Travel Bursary recipient to visit Scotland
2005-11-22
A student of the University of the Free State (UFS), Ms Annelise de Kock (23), will visit the United Kingdom and Scotland for three weeks as part of the Abe Bailey Travel Bursary that was awarded to her. The bursary is awarded annually to one student or junior lecturer at each of South Africa's 16 residential universities who show exceptional leadership qualities. Ms de Kock completed the B Sc in Human Nutrition this year and was Vice-President of the UFS Main Campus Student Representative Council for 2004/2005.