u.s. pharmaceutical giant moderna, a welcome boost in the fight against the coronavirus. phil: let's look at european progress in this area, a member of the european parliament and speaks on health for the group of conservative parties. he also happens to be a medical doctor, welcome to dw. why are european countries moving so slowly even after vaccines have been approved? >> there are different situations in different countries and i think we should all look to denmark especially when it comes to the issue that you can get six doses from one vial. everybody should do it as fast as possible and we can get 20% more people vaccinated with the same amount of vaccine without taking anything away from anyone else. we should look at this example and everyone should follow. phil: was it right to wait longer to approve the vaccines rather than use the emergency approval process? hundreds, maybe thousands died as the u.s. and u.k. had already started vaccinating. >> we have a marathon here,t is not in my view important to start one or twoeeks earlier when we want to end the pandem

u.s. the president is also reinstating a travel man on more than two dozen european countries and brazil. anthere is a new ban on south africa. pharmaceutical giant moderna believes it's coronavirus vaccine does protect against the new variant. but it may be lesseffeive on the strain found south africa. it is working on a booster shot for that one. moderna says the variant first spotted in the uk had no significant impact on the vaccine's effectiveness. >>> president biden appears to be boosting his goal for getting americans vaccinated by spring. now he originally wanted 100 million covid vaccinations done in his first 100 days in office, now he's aiming higher. >> i think we may be able to get that to 150, 1.5 million, a day. rather than 1 million a day. >> the administration is also ramping up efforts for economic aid. top white house aides met virtually with senators yesterday. to discuss the presidents $1.9 trillion covid relief plan. some senators want for details, they say the top priority is distributing the vaccine quickly. >>> terrible visibility on parts of i-80 at castle peak just west of truckee. visibility clears a little. right now, chains