'Coronavirus quarantine' hotel collapses, trapping dozens

T TV Monday 09/March/2020 08:28 AM
By: Times News Service

Around four people have died after a hotel collapsed in eastern Fujian province in China recently.

Xinjia Hotel in Quanzhou had been used as a quarantine center for people suspected of having coronavirus.

Hours after the collapse, Quanzhou authorities said that more than 40 of the 70 people who had been in the hotel had been rescued, and dozens more were still trapped.

The reason for the collapse has not yet been made public.