Unic Press UK: A hotel in the southeastern Chinese city of Quanzho, which hitherto served as a quarantine site for Covid-19 patients, has collapsed, burying many of the victims in the rubble. However, many of the people affected have been rescued/moved to safety.
#BREAKING: A hotel building collapsed in Quanzhou, SE China's Fujian at around 7 pm Saturday, trapping an unknown number of people under it. So far 16 people have been rescued. Rescue work remains underway. pic.twitter.com/rK7tEagQvV
— People's Daily, China (@PDChina) March 7, 2020
Latest on hotel collapse in east China's Quanzhou: 49 rescued as of 08:20 am, March 8 (local time). Further rescue is under way https://t.co/eFN3AhHBYe pic.twitter.com/rP3Wgd15jt
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) March 8, 2020
Based on a report in the early hours of today, the total number of infections in the Hubei province – the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak – is 80,695. More than 45,000 have fully recovered, while 3,097 died.
