From Strip Club to Sports Stadium: Most Unconventional COVID Vaccination Sites Across the Globe

Governments and companies across the world have resorted to creative and non-conventional means in a bid to incentivise a greater number of people to get inoculated, including through PR stunts, such as promising a free beer or a doughnut for those who get a jab.

Meanwhile, others attempt to motivate people to get inoculated by setting up vaccination centres in the most unusual of places.

Sputnik has compiled pictures of the most unconventional COVID vaccination sites, ranging from strip clubs to malls and sports arenas, in our latest photo gallery. Make sure to check it out!

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A man receives a coronavirus vaccine next to a brandy pot still in the remote mountain village of Ljevista in Kolasin municipality, Montenegro.

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Cast member JoJo Hamner from the "Sexxy After Dark by Jennifer Romas" show receives the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at a pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Larry Flynt's Hustler Club in Las Vegas, Nevada. The club partnered with the Southern Nevada Health District to offer vaccine shots to staff, entertainers, patrons, and the public. Those receiving their choice of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Johnson & Johnson shots received a gift package with an estimated value of USD 5,000, including free dances from a vaccinated entertainer, the club's platinum membership card, limousine service, and tickets to "Sexxy After Dark by Jennifer Romas".

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A visitor receives a dose of the QazCovid-in vaccine against the coronavirus in a vaccination centre located at a shopping and entertainment mall in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

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This picture shows a general view of a COVID-19 vaccination centre in the Paris La Defense Arena on its opening day in Nanterre, west of Paris.

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Doctor Anargyros Mariolis (R) vaccinates an elderly woman against COVID-19 who is unable to visit a health centre in Elafonissos, on Elafonissos Island.

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Members of the public receive a dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at Lichfield cathedral, which has been converted into a temporary vaccination centre, in Lichfield, central England.

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Two tourists relaxing at a cafe in San Marino after receiving the Sputnik V vaccine.

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A man receives a dose of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a restaurant in Kragujevac, Serbia.

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Municipal health worker Ana Cassia Oliveira de Lima administers an AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine to Joao Aquino Filho, 75, during a vaccination day along the Rio Negro banks.

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An elderly Brazilian woman receives a dose of the Coronavac vaccine at a drive-through vaccination centre at the Pacaembu Stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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People receive COVID-19 vaccines at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan, New York City.

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Employees of an assembly factory receive a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine on board a bus in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

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People arrive and wait at the Palais des Sports venue in Lyon, hosting a COVID-19 vaccination centre.

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A woman filling in documents before getting a Sputnik V shot at a Globus supermarket.

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