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    With hand sanitizer nearby, Dubai Comic Con gets ready for coronavirus

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    With hand sanitizer nearby, Dubai Comic Con gets ready for coronavirus

    MEFCC has begun in Dubai, a city suddenly subdued by the virus outbreak across the region


    Published:  March 06, 2020 10:53 AP  and  Compiled by Nathaniel Lacsina, Digital Content Producer

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    Dubai: As papier-mache hand grenades and plastic assault rifles barely caught the attention of security guards, a health official in Dubai wordlessly watched over an infrared camera filming all who passed by _ including a few scythe-wielding Grim Reapers. Image Credit: AP
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    Welcome to Comic Con in the times of the new coronavirus. The Middle East Film & Comic Con began Thursday night in Dubai, a city of skyscrapers and nightclubs suddenly subdued by the outbreak of the new virus across the region. Image Credit: AP
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    The wider United Arab Emirates has at least 28 confirmed cases of the virus, a small number compared to the 3,750 cases region wide, but the concern here is growing. Image Credit: AP
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    Nationwide, schools and universities will be shut down for four weeks beginning Sunday. The few frequent fliers trickling out of Dubai International Airport, the world's busiest for international travel and the home of long-haul carrier Emirates, say it is emptier than they've ever seen it. Image Credit: AP
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    Meanwhile, a host of big events including Dubai's annual boat show and art exhibition have been put on hold. But not Comic Con. As actor John Rhys-Davies _ you know him as the Egyptian character Sallah from the "Indiana Jones" franchise _ exhorted a crowd to become filmmakers themselves, the halls at the Dubai World Trade Center slowly filled. Image Credit: AP
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    For the uninitiated, anyone can come to a Comic Con in your street clothes. But many choose to cosplay, or "costume play," as a favorite character from a film, television show, video game or comic book. Image Credit: AP
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    An initial surprise came from an Emirati in the traditional kandora robes, ghuttra headscarf and lifelike mask of Nemesis from the "Resident Evil'' video game series. He played a guitar for happy Instagramers. Hand sanitizer stations stood at the ready nearby. Image Credit: AP
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    For the Nintendo-famed plumbers Mario and Luigi _ rather 24-year-old Bibi Zumot of Jordan and 21-year-old Mohamed Rashed of Egypt _ they acknowledged that the coronavirus did come up in their minds as they attended. And if it hadn't, "my mom, my friends' mom, everyone's mom" had reminded them beforehand, Rashed said. Image Credit: AP
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    Others took a bit more of a cautious view, wearing off-character surgical masks or in-character protection like bandit masks covering the lower half of their chins. Most seemed unconcerned by the Grim Reapers moving through the crowd to the beat of pop music. Image Credit: AP
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    One cosplayer, who only gestured to a journalist when questioned, wore the long-nose black beak of a plague doctor. It didn't stop a woman in a mask from taking a selfie with him. Image Credit: AP
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    Stands sold pop-culture paintings infused with an Emirati vibe. A Batman next to a Dubai police officer getting out of a sports car. The DeLorean from "Back to the Future'' in front of the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, with the caption "Back to Dubai.'' Image Credit: AP
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    Deeper inside, those costumed took part in sessions of a dance contest to win prizes. They watched monitors for the moves, egged on by a master of ceremonies who may have exaggerated his qualifications. Image Credit: AP
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    As a new contest began, three Emiratis dressed in shark onesies threw themselves onto the stage as the "SOS," or "Squad of Sharks." Image Credit: AP
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    As the first chords of the 1997 hit "Backstreet's Back" belted out, 18-year-old squad member Hamad al-Shamsi of Abu Dhabi reached inside his onesie for hand sanitizer. It was a joke, sort of. "Better safe than sorry," he said. Image Credit: AP
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    A cosplayer dressed as a creation from "Star Wars" attends the Middle East Comic Con in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, March 5, 2020. Image Credit: AP

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