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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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Rector's daughter graduates
2008-04-16
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Ms Elize Fourie (middle), youngest daughter of Prof. Frederick Fourie, Rector and Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Free State (UFS), received the degree B.Sc. Land and Property Development during this week's autumn graduation ceremony of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences on the Main Camps in Bloemfontein. The faculty awarded a record of 685 degrees and 23 doctorates. Here she is with her parents, Prof. Fourie and Ms Anna-Maria Fourie.
Photo: Lacea Loader
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