From cathedrals to strip-clubs: Photos show the most unique vaccination centers around the world

Sophia AnkelMay 22, 2021, 15:24 IST

A blue whale model with a bandaid on its fin hangs above a pop-up vaccination site at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, on April 23, 2021.Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

Governments around the world have begun rolling out the biggest vaccine drive in history.
They're transforming shopping malls, museums, and strip clubs into makeshift vaccination centers.
Photos show some of the most unusual vaccination sites around the world.

As the world's largest vaccine drive is underway, governments are transforming public spaces into pop-up vaccination centers.

A Venice resident receives a coronavirus vaccine on board a traditional "vaporetto", a ferry normally used for public transportation in Venice, Italy, on April 5, 2021. Manuel Silvestri/Reuters

In the UK, some people are getting their jabs in an 800-year-old cathedral while organ music plays in the background to help them relax.

People wait to receive the COVID-19 vaccine inside the Salisbury Cathedral, in Salisbury, Britain, on January 20, 2021. Paul Childs/Reuters

In typical London fashion, health officials have converted double-decker buses into mobile vaccination sites.

People queue outside a bus modified into a mobile COVID-19 vaccination centre in Thamesmead, London, Britain, on February 14, 2021. Henry Nicholls/Reuters

Transport hubs, in general, have become convenient locations to give people the COVID-19 vaccine.

People wait in a line to receive COVID-19 vaccinations at Grand Central Station Terminal train station in Manhattan, New York, on May 12, 2021. Carlo Allegri/Reuters

In Thailand, people are queueing up at the airport, not to check in to a flight, but to get their COVID-19 shots instead.

People get vaccinated against the coronavirus at Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 28, 2021. Jorge Silva/Reuters

Health officials in Brazil are hoping to target more remote communities by offering the vaccine in little river boats.

Marair Queiroz receives the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID -19 vaccine from municipal health worker Neuda Sousa during a flood by the rising Solimoes river, one of the two main branches of the Amazon River, in Anama, Amazonas state, Brazil, on May 14, 2021. Bruno Kelly/Reuters

Doctors are even reaching the most remote mountainous regions in the world to give people the vaccine.

A man receives the coronavirus vaccine next to a brandy pot still in the remote mountain village Ljevista, Kolasin Municipality, Montenegro, on May 10, 2021. Stevo Vasiljevic/Reuters

In Kazakhstan, health officials have turned a food market...

An information banner placed outside the coronavirus vaccination center is on display at a food market in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on April 14, 2021. Pavel Mikheyev/Reuters

...and a shopping mall into vaccination centers.

A visitor receives a dose of the QazCovid-in COVID vaccine in a vaccination center located at a shopping and entertainment mall in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on April 27, 2021. Pavel Mikheyev/Reuters

New York City residents aged 18 and over can have the jab administered under the 94ft blue whale suspended from the ceiling of the Natural History Museum.

A blue whale model with a bandaid on its fin hangs above a pop-up vaccination site at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, on April 23, 2021. Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

A bar in Tel Aviv has become an unusual vaccination site, offering COVID-19 jabs in exchange for a free drink.

A woman receives a COVID-19 vaccination as part of a Tel Aviv municipality initiative offering a free drink at a bar to residents getting the shot, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on February 18, 2021. Corinna Kern/Reuters

In Serbia, a local diner is luring in customers by offering a free meal with their COVID-19 vaccine.

Customers have their meals at a restaurant where people are receiving doses of the Chinese Sinopharm COVID vaccine in Kragujevac, Serbia, on May 4, 2021. Marko Djurica/Reuters

In Las Vegas, a mobile clinic will be opening up in front of a strip club where vaccinated customers will get perks including platinum membership cards and dances from "fully-vaccinated" dancers, the owners said.

The Hustler Club in Las Vegas will host a mobile vaccination site on its premises, which will take walk-ins from those aged over 21. Ethan Miller/Getty Images

In Las Vegas, a mobile clinic will be opening up in front of a strip club where vaccinated customers will get perks including platinum membership cards and dances from "fully-vaccinated" dancers, the owners said.

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From cathedrals to strip-clubs: Photos show the most unique vaccination centers around the world

As the world's largest vaccine drive is underway, governments are transforming public spaces into pop-up vaccination centers.

In the UK, some people are getting their jabs in an 800-year-old cathedral while organ music plays in the background to help them relax.

In typical London fashion, health officials have converted double-decker buses into mobile vaccination sites.

Transport hubs, in general, have become convenient locations to give people the COVID-19 vaccine.

In Thailand, people are queueing up at the airport, not to check in to a flight, but to get their COVID-19 shots instead.

Health officials in Brazil are hoping to target more remote communities by offering the vaccine in little river boats.

Doctors are even reaching the most remote mountainous regions in the world to give people the vaccine.

In Kazakhstan, health officials have turned a food market...

...and a shopping mall into vaccination centers.

New York City residents aged 18 and over can have the jab administered under the 94ft blue whale suspended from the ceiling of the Natural History Museum.

A bar in Tel Aviv has become an unusual vaccination site, offering COVID-19 jabs in exchange for a free drink.

In Serbia, a local diner is luring in customers by offering a free meal with their COVID-19 vaccine.

In Las Vegas, a mobile clinic will be opening up in front of a strip club where vaccinated customers will get perks including platinum membership cards and dances from "fully-vaccinated" dancers, the owners said.