Latest: 28 remain trapped, six dead after hotel collapses in east China

A patient is rescued from the rubble of a collapsed hotel in Quanzhou, in China's eastern Fujian province on Sunday (March 8). A total of 28 patients are still trapped following the collapse of a hotel used as a coronavirus quarantine facility, the Ministry of Emergency Management said on Sunday. - AFP

FUZHOU: A total of 28 people remain trapped as of noon on Sunday (March 8) after a hotel building collapsed in east China's Fujian Province Saturday evening, local authorities said.

At least six people were killed in the collapse of the hotel used as a coronavirus quarantine facility in eastern China, the Ministry of Emergency Management said on Sunday.