Covid-19 guidelines and what to expect at the World Expo
A view of Downtown Dubai with the Burj Khalifa at the centre. Picture: RUSTAM AZMI/GETTY IMAGES
The number is less eye-popping considering the scale of the Expo. The site is as large as 600 football stadiums, filled with architectural spectacles from 190 countries. The UAE’s is designed by Santiago Calatrava and will be shaped like a falcon in flight; the Canadian pavilion is a towering ring made of wood lattice with a “360 degree theatre” at its centre; and the Netherlands has built a cone-shaped vertical farm.
These days, vaccine cards are only required if you’re sitting at a bar, and the government has capped restaurant tables to parties of 10. Officials have been known to impose fines on establishments that break the rules, so enforcement has been reliable across the board. And of course there’s Expo Dubai, a multibillion-dollar project literally intended to “bring the world together”. Opening day, on October 1, it will become one of the largest in-person events since the pandemic began, with curious onlookers pouring into hundreds of pavilions representing the themes of sustainability, mobility and opportunity. It promises to be a spectacle.
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