News just in indicates, a five-storey hotel being used as a coronavirus quarantine center in China has collapsed, leaving up to over 70 people trapped.
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By reports, the building collapsed at around 7:30 pm local time on Saturday, March 7.
The 80-room Xinjia Hotel in Fujian province was converted to a quarantine facility and being used to house and observe people who had come into contact with Coronavirus (Covid-19) patients.
A total of 150 firefighters are engaged in the rescue mission to get the trapped persons out of the collapsed building.
Watch a Footage of the incident:
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China is in a state of total anguish as they are faced by two strong epidemics – Bird flu and the novel and deadly CODVID-19.
