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08 April 2020
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Story Prof Francois Vreÿ, and Prof Hussein Solomon
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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Dutch Winter School
2007-06-27
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About 60 students from campuses across the country as well as Namibia are attending a Dutch Winter School this week on the Main Campus of the University of the Free State (UFS) in Bloemfontein. The school is presented by the Department of Afrikaans and Dutch and Modern European Languages and is financed by the Dutch Language Union. Here are, from the left, front: Ms Amy van Wyk (Rhodes University), Ms Gene Putter (North-West University); back: Dr Alice van Kalsbeek (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and presenter of the programme, Prof. Alf Jenkinson (Department of Afrikaans, Dutch, German and French at the UFS) and Prof. Yves T'Sjoeng (Ghent University and presenter of the programme).
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