A hotel being used as a coronavirus quarantine has collapsed in China with 70 people feared to be trapped.

The Xinjia Hotel, in Quanzhou, gave way shortly after 7pm local time.

The cause of the collapse is not yet clear.

Officials said that 23 people of the 70 have since been rescued.

The city lies in the south east of China.

Coronavirus broke out in Wuhan at the end of last year as has since killed more than 3,000 people.

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Two people from the UK have been confirmed dead.

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