'Dracula's castle' offers tourists Covid shots
Issued on:
09/05/2021 - 12:09
The vaccination drive at Bran Castle deliberately plays up to the Dracula story Daniel MIHAILESCU AFP
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Bran (Romania) (AFP)
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".