Since the COVID-19 outbreak, Canadian Jorah Kai Wood had been keeping notes - journals of his 60 days of quarantine in Chongqing, where he has lived since 2014.

Now, a Chinese publishing house is going to turn his journals into a book - The Invisible War - to be published in English, Chinese and other languages. The English version is expected to come out this month, Wood told China Daily.

Wood is a teacher and writer who works at Chongqing Foreign Language School. He married a Chongqing woman, Wang Xiaolin, in 2016.

Jorah Kai Wood, a Canadian writer and teacher, and his wife, Wang Xiaolin. Wood kept a journal of daily life during his 60 days of quarantine in Chongqing. [Photo by Tan Yingzi/chinadaily.com.cn]

Starting on Jan 20, he began writing about his life in quarantine, peppered with details about the epidemic prevention and control efforts of the local government.

He spent about 10 hours a day learning about the virus and making journal entries at night. The diary has been published on several social media platforms, where it attracted a lot of interest abroad.

"I was scared and a little panicky in the beginning," he said. "But I soon realized that my house is the safest place in the world."

Jorah Kai Wood speaks at a news conference in Chongqing in early April about his book, The Invisible War, which will be translated into multiple languages and published by New World Press. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Wood was impressed by the strong requirements the local government imposed to control the epidemic - face masks, social distancing, blocking vehicles coming from the east and mandatory 14 day quarantines for all new arrivals.

He passed the information to his family and friends in Canada, which helped them prepare for the day the pandemic jumped global borders.

"I feel very proud and honored to record and share the quarantine stories of the past 60 days," he said.