Medical mask policy in effect during respiratory illness season
Masks are currently required in all patient care areas of hospitals, long-term care facilities and community health-care sites and clinics. Please do not enter these facilities if you have cold or flu-like symptoms, such as runny nose, sore throat, fever, cough, shortness of breath/trouble breathing, diarrhea or vomiting. Do not enter these facilities if you feel unwell, no matter how mild the symptoms.
Visitors to long-term care and seniors’ assisting living facilities need to wear a medical mask in common areas and when participating in indoor events in common areas.
Thank you for helping keep patients and staff healthy this season.
Villa Cathay Is a care home located in the Strathcona neighbourhood in Vancouver. After completing its rejuvenation project in November 2021, Villa Cathay has 216 single rooms, each equipped with a washroom and shower and four connecting single rooms with shared washrooms. 127 rooms are in the 10-storey East Tower, and 97 are in the adjoining West Pavilion.
