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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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Expert in microbiology at the UFS receives medal for his research
2008-01-31
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Prof. James du Preez, Departmental Chairperson of the University of the Free State's (UFS) Department of Microbial, Biochemical and Food Biotechnology was recently awarded a silver medal for exceptional original published research during the biennial congress of the South African Society for Microbiology held in Grahamstown. This is only the seventh time since 1986 the medal was awarded.
Photo: Stephen Collett
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