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A banner reading in Romanian ‘Who’s afraid of vaccine’ and depicting syringes as vampire fangs advertises the vaccination marathon organised at the Bran Castle (in background) in Bran village on May 8, 2021. AFP pic
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BRAN, May 9 Visitors to Romania’s forbidding Bran Castle, widely known as the inspiration for the lair of Dracula, are being jabbed with needles rather than vampiric fangs this weekend in a coronavirus vaccination drive.
“I came to visit the castle with my family and when I saw the poster I gathered up my courage and agreed to get the injection,” said 39-year-old engineer Liviu Necula.
Visitors to Romania s forbidding Bran Castle, widely known as the inspiration for the lair of Dracula, are being jabbed with needles rather than vampiric fangs this weekend in a coronavirus vaccination drive.
Willing victims flock to get puncture wounds in Count Dracula s castle for once – as authorities in Transylvania open it as a Covid VACCINE site
Bran Castle, widely believed to have been the inspiration for Dracula s castle in the classic novel, has opened as a vaccination site
As part of an immunisation drive, visitors can get a jab without an appointment from health workers in scrubs bearing bloody vampire fangs
Those who get the jab are handed a certificate hailing their boldness and responsibility and entitled to a free tour of the torture chamber
Officials hope such drives will help counter vaccine hesitancy in Romania
Visitors to Romania's forbidding Bran Castle, widely known as the inspiration for the lair of Dracula, are being jabbed with needles rather than vampiric fangs this weekend in a coronavirus vaccination drive.