Biden receives second Covid booster as he pleads with Congress for funding

US president says Covid-19 no longer controls our lives' and asks Congress for more money to continue effort to fight the virus

Joe Biden received a second booster vaccination against Covid on Wednesday and pleaded with Congress to approve more funding to fight any new wave of the virus, while asserting that although the pandemic is not over: Covid-19 no longer controls our lives."

Speaking at the White House, the US president launched a new government website that he called a one-stop shop" for accurate coronavirus information, covid.gov.