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Today on the show our gardening expert Hester Macdonald talks about whether or not hack back that hedge and how to deal with multiple plants merging into one, as well as top pointers for all kinds of plant pests.

Katt talks about the aloe vera plants she may or may not have killed recently (#isitdeadyet) and Hester gives us some propagation pointers to save what's salvageable.

Also, we have a bonsai to give away, courtesy of Schilliger Garden Centre. How have you taken care of yours in the past?

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UN Roundup - Libya, Madagascar and 'vaccinationalism' by WRS

Continuing her look at COVID-19 vaccination here in Switzerland, Dr Michelle takes a deeper dive to discuss the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna messenger RNA vaccines.
Find out more on the Federal Office of Public Health website in English: https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home/krankheiten/ausbrueche-epidemien-pandemien/aktuelle-ausbrueche-epidemien/novel-cov/impfen.html
and on the Infovac website in French, German and Italian:
https://www.infovac.ch/fr/les-vaccins/par-maladie/coronavirus-covid-19

Black Movie Film Festival in Geneva - Kate Reidy by WRS

COVID vaccination has begun in Switzerland bringing some light at the end of the tunnel as we start 2021! Dr Michelle explains the Swiss vaccination strategy in this Health Matters before taking a deeper dive to look at the vaccinations themselves in coming episodes.