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Canada vs Zimbabwe: Two divergent paths of COVID vaccination

A family watches pallbearers carry the coffin of a relative who died from COVID-19 at a cemetery in Harare, Zimbabwe on Thursday, July 15, 2021. Only about 9% of the population in Zimbabwe has received one dose of coronavirus vaccine amid a surge of the easier-to-spread delta variant. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi) People look at the city skyline on a ferry coming back from Centre Island to Toronto, Canada, Saturday, July 17, 2021. With nearly 70% of its adult population receiving at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, Canada has the world's highest vaccination rate and is now moving on to immunize children, who are at far lower risk of coronavirus complications and death. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili) Andrew Ngwenya, center, and his wife, De-egma, right, and daughter sit outside their home in a working class township in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, on Monday, July, 12, 2021. Ngwenya and his wife went to a hospital that sometimes had spare doses, only to be turned away due to shortages with only a handful of people being inoculated. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi) From left, twins Ruby and Lola, their father, David Wood, and their brother, Ethan, sit together on their porch in Toronto, Canada, on Monday, July 12, 2021. When Canada recently began immunizing children from 12 years of age, Amanda Wood, who manages child actors, and her architect husband didn't hesitate to get the kids vaccinated. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili) Ruby Wood, left, and her twin sister, Lola, talk on their home stoop in Toronto, Canada, on Monday, July 12, 2021. With Lola's aversion to needles, their mother told her: If you get the vaccine you’ll be able to see your friends again. You’ll be able to play sports. And enticed by the promise of resuming a normal, teen life, Lola agreed. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili) A woman sits on a bench while pondering her next move after COVID-19 vaccines ran out at a government hospital in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Saturday, July, 10, 2021. Official figures show that 4% of the country’s 15 million population are fully immunized. The figures make Zimbabwe a relative success in Africa, where fewer than 2% of the continent’s 1. 3 billion people have been vaccinated, according to the World Health Organization. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi) The Wood family, from left, Ethan, Amanda, Lola, Ruby and David, watch television at home in Toronto, Canada, on Monday, July 12, 2021. With nearly 70% of its adult population receiving at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, Canada has the world's highest vaccination rate and is now moving on to immunize children, who are at far lower risk of coronavirus complications and death. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili) Andrew Ngwenya, left, and his wife, De-egma, are seen at their home in a working class township in Harare, the capital Zimbabwe, on Monday, July, 12, 2021. Ngwenya and his wife went to a hospital that sometimes had spare doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, only to be turned away due to shortages. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi) Ruby Wood, left, and her twin sister, Lola, practice rugby with their brother, Ethan, in front of their home in Toronto, Canada, on Monday, July 12, 2021. When Canada recently began immunizing children from 12 years of age, their parents didn't hesitate to get them vaccinated. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili) FILE - In this Monday, Feb, 15, 2021 file photo, a forklift carries a pallet of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine from China upon its arrival at Robert Mugabe International airport in Harare, Zimbabwe, as part of the the country's first 200,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi) A security guard addresses a crowd at a government hospital after COVID-19 vaccines ran out in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Saturday, July, 10, 2021. Only about 9% of the population in Zimbabwe has received one dose of coronavirus vaccine amid a surge of the easier-to-spread delta variant. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi) FILE - In this Thursday, Feb, 18, 2021 file photo, health workers walk together at a hospital where China's Sinopharm vaccine was being administered in Harare, Zimbabwe. Official figures show that 4% of the country’s 15 million population are fully immunized. The figures make Zimbabwe a relative success in Africa, where fewer than 2% of the continent’s 1. 3 billion people have been vaccinated, according to the World Health Organization. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi) People pass by the sign of a COVID-19 immunization clinic in downtown Toronto, Canada, on Sunday, July 18, 2021. With nearly 70% of its adult population receiving at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, Canada has the world's highest vaccination rate and is now moving on to immunize children, who are at far lower risk of coronavirus complications and death. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili) People ponder their next move after been turned away at a government hospital while seeking to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in Harare, Zimbabwe on Saturday, July, 10, 2021. Only about 9% of the population in Zimbabwe has received one dose of coronavirus vaccine amid a surge of the easier-to-spread delta variant. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi) FILE - In this Sunday, June 27, 2021 file photo, vaccine recipients cheer for giveaways as the number of 25,000 doses administered is shown on a big screen at the mass vaccination clinic at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. The number counts a new claimed record of COVID-19 vaccinations administered at one site in a day. (Cole Burston/The Canadian Press via AP) Andrew Ngwenya, center; his wife, De-egma, left, and their daughter sit outside their home in a working class township in Harare, the capital Zimbabwe, on Monday, July, 12, 2021. Ngwenya and his wife went to a hospital that sometimes had spare doses of COVID-19 vaccine, only to be turned away due to shortages. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi) Amanda and David Wood stand as their children, twins Ruby and Lola, and Ethan sit on the porch of their family home in Toronto, Canada, on Monday, July 12, 2021. When Amanda heard that hundreds of coronavirus shots were available for teens, only one thing prevented her from racing to the vaccination site at a Toronto high school - her 13-year-old daughter’s fear of needles. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)