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		</div><p>A hotel used to keep people who had contact with coronavirus patients under medical observation has collapsed in south-eastern China, trapping some 70 people, state media reported.</p>
<p>There were no immediate reports of deaths after the incident on Saturday evening.</p>
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<p>At least 33 people were rescued from the wreckage of the Xinjia Express Hotel in Quanzhou, a city in Fujian province, according to several outlets including the Xinhua News Agency.</p>
<figure id="attachment_151290" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-151290" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-151290" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/5726FF7B-4469-4472-8A6D-295711910296.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="400" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-151290" class="wp-caption-text">The five-storey building is located in Quanzhou city in south-east China’s Fujian province</figcaption></figure>
<p>The 80-room hotel had been converted by the city government for the observation of people who had contact with virus patients, the People’s Daily said.</p>
<p>The hotel collapsed at about 7.30pm local time (11.30am GMT), news reports said, citing the city government.</p>
<p>Photos on news websites showed rescue workers with torches climbing over the debris. Rubble was piled on top of cars in front of the building.</p>
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<p>The hotel opened in June 2018, with rooms on the fourth to seventh floors of the building, the newspaper Beijing Youth Daily said.</p>
<p>An unidentified hotel employee cited by the paper said the owner carried out “foundation-related construction” before the disaster.</p>
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