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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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UFS laboratory celebrates ten years
2008-03-26
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The National Control Laboratory (NCL) for Biological Products in the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of the Free State (UFS) recently celebrated its tenth year of existence on the Main Campus in Bloemfontein. The NCL is responsible for quality control of all human vaccines in South Africa. At the celebration were, from the left: Dr Wilma Vergeer (Director: NCL), Prof. Letticia Moja (Dean: Faculty of Health Sciences at the UFS), Prof. Gert van Zyl (Head: School of Medicine at the UFS) and Mr Gerrit Muller (Head Financial Officer of the national Department of Health).
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