Dorset's Camp Bestival requires ticket holders to prove covid status

The hotly-anticipated event will go ahead next week from July 29 - August 1 in the grounds of Lulworth Castle.

In a bid to keep guests safe, organisers have put in place a requirement that all attendees aged 11 and over must prove their Covid-19 status.

Announcing the measures via a series of tweets, a spokesman for the festival said: "With your safety as our number one priority, Camp Bestival will ask all ticket holders aged 11 and over to demonstrate their Covid-19 status before entering the festival."

Ticket holders can do so by providing EITHER of the following:

- Proof of full vaccination – both doses received (with the second at least 14 days prior to the festival)

Or

- Proof of a negative NHS Lateral Flow Test taken prior to travel on the day of arrival at the festival

Or

- Proof of natural immunity based upon a positive PCR test within 180 days of the festival (including 10 days self-isolation following the result).

Or

Please note 11-15 year olds will need to take a lateral flow test if they have no proof of natural immunity as above.

Or

- Proof of natural immunity based upon a positive PCR test within 180 days of the festival (including 10 days self-isolation following the result)

**Camp Bestival COVID-19 Entry Requirements**

With your safety as our number one priority, Camp Bestival will ask all ticket holders aged 11 & over to demonstrate their COVID-19 status before entering the festival by providing EITHER of the following:

— Camp Bestival (@CampBestival) July 19, 2021

For a video explaining the NHS Pass system for trial events visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=40FXw7qjnz4&ab_channel=NHS

More information can be found on the festival's website: www.campbestival.net