{"id":5154,"date":"2020-03-09T11:37:02","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T11:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=5154"},"modified":"2020-03-09T11:37:06","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T11:37:06","slug":"70-trapped-as-china-quarantine-facility-collapses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=5154","title":{"rendered":"70 trapped as China quarantine facility collapses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thenationonlineng.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Chinese-building-collapse.jpg\" alt=\"Chinese building collapse\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A fresh calamity hit China on Saturday after a hotel converted to Corona virus quarantine facility unexpectedly collapsed, trapping at least 70 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The five-story Xinjia Hotel in Quanzhou city went down at about 7:30 p.m. local time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was just having dinner and I suddenly heard a loud bang and thought it was an explosion,\u201d a man living across the street told the South China Morning Post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was not until I ran to my balcony that I saw that the entire hotel building had collapsed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A rescue operation got underway immediately with 38 already saved at press time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials could not confirm whether anyone died in the accident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quanzhou authorities said over 700 rescue workers had been deployed to the scene along with ambulances, excavators and cranes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 80-room hotel was recently converted to a quarantine facility for people who had recent contact with Corona virus patients, the People\u2019s Daily state newspaper reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Footage captured rescuers searching for injured people after the hotel collapsed overhead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The collapse, which was caught on camera, shows the hotel levelling to the ground as rescue workers battled on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No reason for the collapse was given.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China which has been battling with the Corona virus outbreak for about two months now reported 99 new cases yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the first time since January 20 that Beijing is reporting less than 100 new cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government reported 28 new fatalities, raising the mainland death toll to 3,070.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fresh calamity hit China on Saturday after a hotel converted to Corona virus quarantine facility unexpectedly collapsed, trapping at least 70 people. 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