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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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Sport Medicine Clinic
2006-08-02
About 80 people attended the Sport Medicine Clinic at the University of the Free State's (UFS) road running seminar that was presented on the Main Campus in Bloemfontein. The guest speaker was Nick Bester, former winner of the Comrades Ultra Marathon and Iron Man Competition.
Attending the seminar were from the left: Ms Arina Otto (from the UFS Sport Medicine Clinic and organiser of the seminar), Dr Surita Viljoen (M student in Sport Medicine), Nick Bester and Dr Nicolas Theron (from Clinsport and speaker at the seminar). Photo: Leonie Bolleurs