Dracula s castle offers tourists Covid shots
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09/05/2021 - 12:09 The vaccination drive at Bran Castle deliberately plays up to the Dracula story Daniel MIHAILESCU AFP 2 min
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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.
Those who take the jab are handed a certificate hailing their boldness and responsibility promising they will be welcome at the castle for the coming 100 years as well as offered a free tour of the torture chamber .
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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.