21 Sep 2021

USA correspondent Kelsey Snell

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 21 September 2021
US President Joe Biden speaks about the 50 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine shot administered in the US during an event commemorating the milestone in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington DC, February 25, 2021.

Photo: SAUL LOEB / AFP

A federal panel has approved COVID-19 boosters for high-risk Americans, including those aged 65 and over, health care workers and the immunocompromised as Joe Biden heads to the UN General Assembly meeting and is expected to try to boost global vaccinations.

Kelsey also discusses the ongoing fallout between the US and France over AUKUS.

Kelsey Snell is a congressional correspondent for NPR, based in Washington DC.