Ten people were killed after a hotel used as a quarantine facility amid the coronavirus outbreak collapsed in south east China’s Fujian province, official media reported on Sunday.
Around 71 people were trapped in the hotel that collapsed on Saturday in Quanzhou city of the province, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
The hotel was used to quarantine and observe people who had come to the province during the novel coronavirus prevention and control and had come in contact with the virus patients. “Death toll has risen to 10, rescue work continues for remained 23 trapped people,” state-run People’s Daily tweeted. Meanwhile, the victims in the collapse tested negative in nucleic acid test, it said.
The Xinjia hotel, located in Licheng district of the city, was in operation since 2018 and had 80 rooms. A preliminary investigation showed that the hotel was being decorated when the incident happened and the owner of the building has been put under police control, the Xinhua report said.