Biding farewell -- a patient's diary at COVID-19 isolation facility in Hong Kong

Editor's note: China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) has been fighting its worst wave of COVID-19 infections since the outbreak of the pandemic. A mainland-aided community isolation facility located in Tsing Yi started admitting its first batch of COVID-19 patients in Hong Kong on March 3. The facility, completed within just one week, is capable of accommodating about 3,900 asymptomatic or mildly ill patients.

A resident in Hong Kong hospitalized at the facility presents the first-person experience of how he, along with his new neighbors, feels about the facility and the epidemic. This is the last piece of the series.

HONG KONG -- After obtaining negative COVID-19 self-test results for two days in a row, I was finally qualified to be discharged from the isolation facility.

On the night before I left, I submitted a health declaration form, as required, to the Department of Health of the HKSAR government, and asked the staff for documentation of proof for my stay at the isolation facility in case of need. I then sent the photo of my negative self-test result to the staff and arranged my time of discharge.

Early in the morning of my day of discharge, I cleaned my room, packed my bags and finished all procedures before leaving the Tsing Yi community isolation facility.

From testing positive to fully recovering, I spent 10 days in the facility, during which I received care and support that I am very grateful for.