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Citing the city's high infection rate, Detroit Superintendent Nikolai Vitti on Friday extended the winter break for nearly 50, students through at least Jan. Tests are required for employees. He said the district would be remote the first week back.

Masks also will make a return in some districts after break, including Hopkinton High School, the first Massachusetts public school to lift the mandate, in October.

It was reinstated just before break. A state law prevents school districts from imposing mask mandates for students. Some school systems are moving toward requiring vaccinations for students, but not anytime soon.

Officials said the earlier date would have barred about 27, unvaccinated students from campuses. The District of Columbia on Dec. Timothy A. Pop-up Covid testing sites could be rife for nefarious activities, experts warn. Covid vaccines prevented nearly a quarter-million deaths last spring. FDA makes almost 6 million more people eligible for Pfizer's Covid booster dose.

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It's easy, in hindsight, to say, 'Well, yeah, of course, we had to stop the race. So coming back and seeing everybody's faces again, it felt like it was yesterday, but then it also felt surreal. I, for one, was also feeling a little anxious because [I wanted to] get through this and get everybody through the race and get everybody home. The idea that we would have to suspend the race a second time was certainly on my mind. I felt very confident that we could do it successfully, but it was definitely in the back of my mind, like, 'Oh my God, please, let's get this done right.

Nobody's life is the same again. It was mixed emotions, for sure. Was there ever a point during that extended break that you thought the show wouldn't be able to come back period? Having produced 'Tough As Nails,' one of the first shows to go back into production after the pandemic shut everything down, six months after the pandemic hit, we went through all of the challenges of bringing a production back and putting a return to work policy back together.

We were able to do it successfully. So I knew we'd be able to do it with 'Race,' but of course, with 'Race,' there's the added challenge of not just doing it in one location, it's the transition from one location to the other.

That's where the risk factor is. A lot of fans have said, during that time, 'Well, why didn't you just do 'The Amazing Race' in America? Do it without going overseas. And, quite frankly, the risk in America and a lot of states was higher than the risk in a lot of countries around the world.

In putting a new course together, part of the consideration was what countries have a lower risk and where can we take people where there is a lower risk.