By Adesina Soyooye
A Nigerian Medical Doctor is at the core of developing the Pfizer Vaccine, said to have over 90 per cent efficacy for COVID-19.
He is Dr. Onyema Ogbuagu who studied Medicine at the University of Calabar, before proceeding to Yale.
From Abia State, South-east, Nigeria, his father is Prof. Chibuzor Ogbuagu, a former Vice Chancellor of Abia State University, as well as a former Secretary to the Abia State Government.
Dr Ogbuagu is one of the twins born to his parents in New Heaven, Connecticut, when they went to do tbeir Doctoral programs at Yale.
On their return to Nigeria, Onyema studied Medicine at the University of Calabar before going to Yale for specialist courses.
An Associate Professor of Medicine in the Clinical Educator Track, he is an Infectious Disease Specialist, Yale, New Heaven.
Pfizer announced a few days ago its heart-warming news – development of COVID-19 Vaccine – which has brought both relief and joy to a world ravaged by the pandemic.
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