‘Dracula’s castle’ lures visitors with COVID-19 vaccines
He vants to give you antibodies!
Visitors to “Dracula’s castle” in Romania can now get the COVID-19 vaccine at the famous site.
Doctors and nurses with fang stickers on their scrubs are administering Pfizer shots to guests at Bran Castle, which is believed to be the inspiration for the vampire’s home in Bram Stoker’s novel “Dracula.”
A medical staffer vaccinates a man during the vaccination marathon organized at the “Bran Castle” in Bran village. AFP via Getty Images
“The idea … was to show how people got jabbed 500 to 600 years ago in Europe,” said Alexandru Priscu, who is the castle’s marketing director.
The vaccination drive is intended to lure more guests to the
14th-century castle in Romania’s Carpathian mountains, which has seen
tourism plummet during the pandemic.AFP via Getty Images
Visitors can show up for the shot any weekend during May at the castle — where they’ll also be given complimentary entry to tour an exhibit of medieval torture instruments.
Fernando Orozco, a 37-year-old Berlin-based renewable energy market developer who has been working remotely out of Romania, was among those enticed by the prospect of getting jabbed at the site.
Fernando Orozco poses with a mock diploma attesting his vaccination against COVID-19.via REUTERS“I was already planning to come to the castle and I just thought it was the two-for-one special,” he said.
With Post wires
Source: New York Post
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