BEIJING
A five-floor hotel being used as a quarantine facility for coronavirus patients collapsed on Saturday in Quanzhou city, Fujian province in southeastern China.
The daily South China Morning Post reported the reason for the incident to be yet unknown and that 70 people were currently trapped inside the building.
Witnesses of the event said they heard an explosion.
Search and rescue teams have so far rescued 28 people from under the rubble, but rescue efforts continue.
Particularly in the COVID-19 epicenter of Hubei province, some buildings in China are temporarily being used to house patients of the disease due