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China coronavirus quarantine hotel collapse kills 10
from Al Jazeera:
Many people remain trapped in the rubble of the building used to quarantine people under observation.
Heroic rescue: A two-year-old boy was pulled from rubble in E China's hotel collapse.
His parents were rescued and sent to hospital. 4 dead, at least 49 rescued so far https://t.co/wp8c08ViEo pic.twitter.com/EJhVV109LJ
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) March 8, 2020
The accident has angered the local community, according to Al Jazeera’s Katrina Yu, reporting from Beijing.
“There is frustration because this is an example of heavy-handed restrictions being used to protect the community from the coronavirus,” she said.
“At the same time, it is having devastating consequences for people who were waiting to go through their quarantine before being released.”
The owner of the building, a man surnamed Yang, has been summoned by police, according to state media outlet Xinhua. The preliminary investigation revealed that the building’s first floor was under renovation at the time of the collapse.
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