Seo Jeong-hyeop Acting Mayor Checks Preparation Status of Seoul City's First 'Vaccination Center'

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] Seo Jeong-cheop, Acting Mayor of Seoul, will visit and inspect the site of the "Seoul City No. 1 COVID-19 Vaccination Center," which is in the final stages of preparation aiming to open by the end of this month, on the 15th.

The Seoul City No. 1 COVID-19 Vaccination Center will be established on the 3rd floor of the auditorium at Seongdong-gu Office. It is designed with a one-way flow to ensure safe distancing between vaccine recipients and smooth vaccination process, proceeding quickly through registration → preliminary examination → vaccination → monitoring. Additionally, it is the nation's first specialized operational model where metropolitan and local governments cooperate with tertiary hospitals, with Seoul National University Hospital fully responsible for vaccination operations.

After hearing the vaccination center operation plan, Acting Mayor Seo will walk along the vaccination center’s flow from waiting, preliminary examination, vaccination, to monitoring, inspecting the center’s setup status. He will also observe the mock preliminary examination and vaccination process. He plans to carefully check the safety of the vaccination environment, including distancing between vaccine recipients.

Since the vaccination center administers Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines, which require ultra-low temperature freezing conditions, the operation status of vaccine storage freezers and the aliquoting process will also be thoroughly inspected.

Acting Mayor Seo emphasized, "For the safe administration of vaccines, securing the safety of the vaccination space is as important as the safety of the vaccine itself. Please manage thoroughly not only vaccine storage and vaccination flow but also indoor air sterilization, purification systems, electricity, and fire facilities." He added, "As the Seoul City No. 1 Vaccination Center will serve as the standard model for vaccination centers to be established in each autonomous district in the future, please prepare all related situations with the responsibility of setting the first step right."

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