This week Bloomberg released a “Covid Resilience Ranking” of the world’s 53 largest economies, evaluating their success at containing the coronavirus with the least amount of social and economic disruption.

U.S. and Mexican authorities announced on Thursday that the two nations’ land borders will remain closed to non-essential travel at least until December 21 due to the ongoing coronavirus emergency.

The Mexican Senate Thursday approved by a margin of 82 to 18, with seven abstentions, a bill that would create a legal market for cannabis in Mexico, while relaxing laws governing the recreational use of the substance to permit users to carry 28 grams of marijuana and cultivate up to four plants in their homes.

Inflation between October 2019 and October 2020 is running at 4.09 percent, according to Mexico’s National Statistics Institute (Inegi).

Various polls published this week indicate that around 90 percent of Mexicans believe President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador should congratulate Joe Biden on his victory in the U.S. presidential election.

As many as 20,000 Mexican citizens have volunteered to take part in clinical trials for the CanSino Biologics Inc. Covid-19 vaccine, which has been developed jointly by Canada and China.