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Welcome to Prognosis. I'm Laura Carlson. It's day 314 since coronavirus was declared a global pandemic.

Today's main story, one of the many reasons for the slow vaccine rollout in the U.S.

is a lack of places to get a shot. The federal government wants to press the country's

corner drug stores into service.

And if it works, it could change everything.

But first, here's what happened in virus news today.

President Joe Biden warned the nation to prepare for its darkest days in the year-long pandemic.

The president said today that as many as 100,000 more Americans will likely die over the next month

as he overhauls the federal coronavirus response and presses Congress for more aid.

Biden spent the day signing executive actions to boost food assistance and provide

other relief for millions who are suffering financially.

But his vow to reopen most U.S. schools in his first 100 days could reignite clashes

over how to safely return when many teachers

haven't received the vaccine. In the United Kingdom, the coronavirus pandemic may no longer

be spreading exponentially. That's according to government data and suggests the country's third lockdown is working.

Still, the government said the case rates remain dangerously high and urged the public to keep

to lockdown rules.

Finally, despite a scare from Norway, the World Health Organization said it sees no evidence

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