Vlad the vaccinator: Dracula's castle lures visitors with COVID-19 jabs


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  • Saturday, 08 May 2021

Bran Castle towers above Bran commune, in Brasov county, Romania, May 8, 2021. Inquam Photos/George Calin via REUTERS

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Visitors to Dracula's castle are more likely to find puncture marks in their arms than their necks this month, after medics set up a COVID-19 vaccination centre at the Transylvanian attraction.

Doctors and nurses with fang stickers on their scrubs are offering free Pfizer shots to all-comers at 14th century Bran Castle, which is purported to be an inspiration for the vampire's towering home in Bram Stoker’s novel "Dracula".

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