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Dr Nicholas Pearce: "The Covid-19 vaccine will not protect you against the flu"─── 08:28 Tue, 24 May 2022
Award-winning Bloemfontein-based Dr Nicholas Pearce spoke to Shandor about the risks of flu, why both Covid-19 and flu vaccines are necessary, and how the public can protect themselves this winter.
Dr Pearce warned that we are facing a devastating flu season this year, and that flu can be very serious, particularly for the elderly.
Listen to how you can protect yourself and your family this winter:
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Dr Nicholas Pearce named Best Doctor of the Year in National Batho Pele Excellence Awards
Although his name is on the award, Dr Nicholas Pearce, Head of the Department of Surgery in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Free State (UFS) and winner of the Batho Pele Excellence award, believes every individual he has worked with during the COVID-19 pandemic are the winners of this award.
At a ceremony in March 2022, Dr Pearce received the Best Doctor of the Year award at the National Annual Batho Pele Excellence Awards (NBPEA) for his work as head of the COVID-19 Task Team at the Universitas Academic Hospital in Bloemfontein.
“I feel that this reward reflects a team of individuals who went above and beyond during a very uncertain period in our lives. I feel elated that the team has been acknowledged for the sterling work done during the COVID pandemic.”
Source: Facebook/University of the Free State
