‘Coronavirus quarantine hotel’ collapses in China : At least 4 fatalities reported

A hotel that had been converted into a quarantine centre for those who had close contact with coronavirus patients has collapsed in southeast China. 

Rescue crews on the scene at the Xinjia Express Hotel in Quanzhou pulled dozens of people from the rubble. Residents said the March 7 collapse sounded like an explosion. About 70 people were in the building when it collapsed, according to authorities in Licheng district.