The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) holds a sendoff ceremony for the Chinese mainland medical team that assisted in the region's fight against COVID-19, May 5, 2022. /CFP

HKSAR Chief Executive Carrie Lam addresses the ceremony, expressing heartfelt gratitude on behalf of the HKSAR to the medical team, and inviting them to return to Hong Kong as tourists. /CFP

The team of 391 healthcare professionals from 25 medical institutions was dispatched by the central government and the Guangdong provincial government to support Hong Kong's fight against its fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. /CFP