World's biggest Expo: UAE officially asks to postpone Expo 2020 Dubai

Technicians walking at the under construction site of the Expo 2020 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The organisers of Expo 2020 is postponing the world's fair until next year over the new coronavirus pandemic. Dubai has already spent billions of dollars on the world's fair, which was supposed to take place in October. - AP

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates has officially requested to postpone the start of the Expo 2020 Dubai until October next year due to the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, the body that oversees the world fair said on Saturday (April 4).

Dubai, the glitzy city-state which is part of the UAE, had hoped to attract some 25 million visits to the multi-billion-dollar, six-month event, which was scheduled to launch October 20 this year.