SHANGHAI – Six people have died and 28 remain trapped after the collapse of a hotel that was being used to quarantine people under observation for the coronavirus disease-2019 in the Chinese city of Quanzhou, authorities said on Sunday.
More than 70 people were believed to have been initially trapped in the seven story building, which collapsed on Saturday evening.
As of 10:30 a.m. Beijing time on Sunday, authorities had rescued 43 people, with 36 of them sent to hospital, the Ministry of Emergency Management said.
Of more than the 70 people inside the hotel at the time of the collapse, 58 had been under quarantine, they added.(Reuters)
