On His First Day at Work, Oh Se-hoon Visits Vaccination Center: "I Will Work Skillfully and Live Up to Expectations"

Morning Visit to Seoul City Council: "The Council Promised Active Cooperation, Feeling and Intuition Are Good"

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon visited Seoul's first vaccination center set up at Seongdong-gu Office on the 8th and spoke with elderly people waiting for their vaccine shots. Photo by Moon Ho-nam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] Mayor Oh Se-hoon, who returned to the position of Seoul mayor after 10 years, worked tirelessly through a full schedule on his first day back at the office.

On the afternoon of the 8th, Mayor Oh visited the COVID-19 vaccination center set up inside Seongdong District Office to inspect the site. Afterwards, he told reporters, "I promised to show you a proficient performance from day one, and I will work hard to meet those expectations."

Regarding his last morning schedule, a visit to the Seoul Metropolitan Council, he said, "I was worried because there isn’t much that can be done without active cooperation, but after meeting with the council leadership, I felt much relieved. The council leaders promised active cooperation. I have a good feeling and intuition about this. My hope that the situation is not completely blocked has grown, and my mind feels lighter."

He also shared his thoughts after the election confirmation. He said, "At the moment of winning, I was overwhelmed with pressure and worries about how to manage relations with the council and how to work with the 25 autonomous districts. But after visiting the council, I felt reassured and started my work energetically."

Meanwhile, Mayor Oh greeted the Seongdong District Mayor and the Seoul National University Hospital Director, received a briefing on the vaccination center status, and then visited the vaccine storage room where he was given explanations about the storage, aliquoting, and thawing processes of the Pfizer vaccine.

Mayor Oh Se-hoon, elected as the 38th Mayor of Seoul, visited the COVID-19 vaccination center set up at Seongdong-gu Office in Seoul on the afternoon of the 8th to receive an explanation about the vaccine storage freezers and refrigerators. Photo by Moon Ho-nam munonam@