Biden travels to US-Mexico border to discuss migration, opioid trafficking, and meet with officials, non-profits, and religious groups; later attends North American leaders summit with Mexico and Canada to address immigration.
Data from multiple states in the US suggests that people who have received booster shots for COVID-19 are testing positive, being hospitalized, and dying at higher rates than those who have only received a primary series of the vaccine.
Since Beijing announced it is reopening China’s borders, Hong Kong announced that beginning on Dec. 29, most of the pandemic measures will be lifted but the mask mandate will remain in effect.