Coachella, Stagecoach elevate all COVID-19 restrictions for 2022 weekends
by: Cameron DeFaria
Feb 16, 2022
In October of 2021, Coachella amended its “Well being & Security” insurance policies for 2022, altering the official language to require a “destructive COVID-19 check taken inside 72 hours of the occasion or proof of full vaccination.” Now, after renewing its lease by way of 2050, cementing a newly revamped lineup, and launching an NFT assortment providing lifetime passes, each Coachella and Stagecoach have lifted all COVID-related restrictions, together with vaccination, testing, and masking necessities for all 4 weekends in 2022. Whereas Coachella made these changes in an replace on its “Well being & Security” guidelines web page, Stagecoach dispatched an official assertion on Twitter, studying,
“Pageant Admission Replace: As we put together to spend an unbelievable weekend within the desert collectively we’re saying that there will probably be no vaccination, testing or masking necessities at Stagecoach 2022, in accordance with native tips.”
Each festivals have instituted these adjustments in accordance with present public security tips, as February 16 marks the California Division of Public Well being’s official revocation of vaccination proof for big out of doors occasions. Coachella’s renewed “Well being & Security” language reads, “In accordance with native tips, there will probably be no vaccination, testing or masking necessities at Coachella 2022.” That stated, Coachella cautiously supplemented,
“Nevertheless, the occasion shall be introduced in accordance with relevant public well being situations as of the date of the occasion and which can change at any time as decided by federal, state or native authorities companies or instrumentalities, artists or the promoter; such necessities might embody, with out limitation, adjustments to capability, attendance procedures and entry necessities, comparable to proof of vaccination and/or destructive Covid-19 check, and different protecting measures comparable to requiring attendees to put on face coverings.”
View Coachella’s official “Well being & Security” tips here.
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