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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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Student receives two medals at graduation ceremony
2007-04-30
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Mariska van der Mescht, student at the University of the Free State (UFS), received two medals during the autumn graduation ceremony held on the Main Campus in Bloemfontein this week. The Dean's medal for the best final-year student who achieved the best results of a first bachelor's degree in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences as well as the Senate medal and prize for the best final-year student at the UFS were awarded to her.
Photo: Lacea Loader
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