US embassy celebrates Nigerian doctor for contribution to Covid-19 vaccine
By Modupe Shodeinde
The United States Mission to Nigeria has commended Dr Onyema Ogbuagu, for his contribution in the development of the first effective COVID-19 vaccine in the United States.
Ogbuagu with years of medical research experience was part of the team that helped pharmaceutical company, Pfizer, to develop the vaccine.
He studied medicine at the University of Calabar, Cross River state, and graduated in 2003. He later migrated to the US and became Associate Professor of Medicine and Infectious Disease Specialist at Yale University.
The US embassy in a tweet on Monday, commended the Nigerian-born doctor for helping drug company Pfizer develop the first effective COVID-19 vaccine in the United States.
The embassy said “Nigerians contribute to the world in so many ways. Our hats off to Dr. Onyema Ogbuagbu at Yale who helped develop a COVID-19 vaccine,”
The US embassy had described Ogbuagu’s effort as an “incredible contribution to ending this world-wide pandemic”.
Pfizer and BioNTech had announced that the first vaccine they developed against COVID-19 could prevent more than 90 percent of people from getting infected.
Ogbuagu is the son of a former Vice-Chancellor of Abia State University, Prof Stella Ogbuagu. He also has a twin brother who is an engineer.
