A hotel in China that was being used as a coronavirus quarantine center collapses
Kathmandu, March 7
A hotel in China that was being used as a coronavirus quarantine center has been collapsed. About 70 people are trapped following the collapse of a hotel in the Chinese city of Quanzhou. The five storey building in Fujian province collapsed at around 7:30pm local time.
About 150 firefighters are engared in the rescue operation. At least 29 people have been rescued from the wreckage of the Xinjia Express Hotel.
According to Fujian provincial government the province had 296 cases of coronavirus and 10,819 people had been placed under observation after being classified as suspected close contacts.
