in quanzhou, china, today, a five. story hotel housing people quarantined with coronavirus collapsed. rescue workers scrambled to save dozens trapped under the rubble. 80-room hotel opened just two years ago. officials say more than 40 people have been rescued. the economic ramifications of the coronavirus are also far reaching. michael george reports that businesses large and small are suffering. >> reporter: as quickly as coronavirus is spreading, so is fear, especially over travel. >> it's crazy. the whole situation. >> reporter: the airline industry is projected to lose $113 billion, according to some experts. want spreading outbreak is also costing investors trillions. on wall street, it was another wild week. all three major averages eked out small gains but still down 10% from recent peaks. larry kudlow is hoping to calm fears. >> i will still argue to you that this is contained. >> the sense right now among investors is that we just don't know the extent of this virus, and that's why we've seen so much volatili

rescue workers are working through the night in the city of quanzhou have rescued three people from theubble. it is thought 70 people were in the building. it is still unclear by it collapsed. joining me from hong kong is our bbc reporter danny vinson. what we know, over the last few minutes, writers have broken the news that two people have been confirmed to have died in this tragic collapsed building. we know that the building. we know that the building was used as a quarantine area for people that had been in close contact with those that were patients of the coronavirus but, as of the early hours of this morning, the rescue workers working through the night, we saw images on chinese social media, of workers pulling bodies, sometimes on stretchers, out of the rubble. what we do know now, there are two confirmed deaths. we have seen many existing buildings used as quarantine centres and many temporary structures being built to house patients stop in general, other concerns about the safety of some of these existing and new structures in china? as we know, many parts of china's economy

rescue efforts are continuing in china's eastern city of quanzhou, after a five story hotel collapsede into contact with confirmed cases of coronavirus. 3500 people aboard the grand princess cruise ship off the coast of san francisco are being tested for coronavirus. 21 passengers and crew earlier tested positive for the disease. the authorities will bring the ship to a non—commercial port and pointing people there. that quarantine people there.

rescue efforts are continuing in china's eastern city of quanzhou, after a five story hotel collapsed, killing four people and injuring dozens more. the building had been used as a quarantine facility for people who had come into contact with confirmed cases of coronavirus. 3500 people aboard the grand princess cruise ship off the coast of san francisco are being tested for coronavirus. 21 passengers and are being tested for coronavirus. 2i passengers and crew earlier tested positive for the disease. the authorities will bring the ship to a non—commercial port and pointing people there. that quarantine people there. now on bbc news, it is time for click. this week, the truth about the truth about coronavirus. can ai help to treat it? can it predict its spread? could quantum computers find a cure? also, self—driving wheelchair departing now from terminal seven. ifeel like the queen. hello. this week marks three months since the world first heard about a newly identified disease. i am of of course talking about covid—i9, which is caused by a new type of coronavirus. to date there have b

workers today searched for anyone still buried in the rubble of a coronavirus quarantine site in quanzhouina. this child was pulled from the wreckage alive. at least ten people have died. surveillance video captured the moment the seven story building collapsed. the coronavirus isn't stopping joe biden and bernie sanders from campaigning, at least not yet. both men were out in force today touting new endorsements. here is nikole killion. >> i have decided that i am with great enthusiasm going to endorse joe biden for president of the united states. >> reporter: californi kamala harris made it official becoming the 8th former presidential candidate to back joe biden. harris ended her own bid in december gaining prominence for this debate moment when she challenged the former vice president over desegregation and school busing. >> do you agree today that you were wrong to oppose busing in america then. >> no. >> do you agree? >> i did not oppose busing in america. >> reporter: while biden campaigned in mississippi, bernie sanders countered in michigan with an endorsement from civil rights l

staying with china, officials say rescuers in the city of quanzhou have managed to pull out 38 survivorsuding a child from the rubble of a virus quarantine facility that collapsed on saturday. at least ten people were killed, more than a dozen others are still feared trapped. four suspects are set to go on trial on monday in the hague over the downing of the malaysian plane mh—i7. three russians and one ukrainian are accused of playing crucial roles in the shooting down of the aircraft in 2014. the defendants won't be present and relatives of those who died are calling on russia to co—operate more fully with the trial. for us, it's important to be here today. what we try to signify is we think that russia still has some answers to give us and to explain a lot of things that are still hidden in shrouds. turkish president recep tayyip erdogan has called on greece to open its gates to migrants trying to enter the european union from turkey. his call comes after days of tensions involving clashes between migrants and greek police. thousands of people are now stuck at the border. mr erdogan i

. —— rescue efforts are continuing through the night in china's eastern city of quanzhou after a 5—storeytel was being used as a quarantine facility for people who'd come in to contact with confirmed cases of coronavirus. rich preston has this report. a lucky survivor being pulled alive from the rubble. after this five story hoteljust gave way. emergency crews rushed to the scene as a crowd looked on in disbelief. reports started coming through around 7:30pm saturday night local time in the province. about 70 people we re the province. about 70 people were staying in the hotel, which was being used as a coronavirus quarantine facility. monitoring those who had had close contact with confirmed cases of covid—19. like many across china, they we re like many across china, they were waiting to get the all clear before being allowed to leave. more than 10,000 people across the country have been put under observation since the coronavirus outbreak. it is still not clear why the building collapsed. the central government in beijing has sent a specialist team to the region to help with the rescue

the five-story building in quanzhou flattened. hundreds of emergency workers searching the wreckage for the missing. officials say dozens already pulled to safety. officials now investigating the cause. also tonight, the escalating contagion and more american tourists trapped by the virus. officials spraying a hotel in bethlehem where 14 americans are under quarantine. more u.s. tourists in lockdown on a cruise ship on the nile river in egypt. authorities there saying 45 people tested positive for covid-19. and more measures to contain community spread in italy, now with 4,600 cases, europe's deadliest hot spot. the vatican moving the pope's sunday angelus prayer and his wednesday audience inside and off limits to the public. only available to the faithful by live stream. vatican city now reporting its first case of coronavirus, and in naples, an american sailor testing positive -- the first case of a u.s. service member in europe. tom? >> jennifer, thank you. >>> we turn to politics now and the major headline out of the white hou

in quanzhou, china, a hotel that was used as a corovirus quarantine center collapd saturday, killing at least 10 people. it is not known what caused the collapse. over 106,000 people have been confirmed with the disease worldwide, with around 3600 dead. here in the united states, there is growing outcry over the trump administration's mismanagement of the outbreak and lack of access to tests. known cases of coronavirus now exceed 500, with 22 recorded deaths. at least 19 of those deaths have been linked to the life care center of kirkland, washington -- considered ground zero of the u.s. outbreak on the west coast. u.s. outbreak on the west coast. the facility said 90 out of 100 workers have symptoms of u.s. outbreak on the west coast. the facility said 90 out of 100 workers have symptoms of coronavirus. states including oregon, washington, california, maryland and new york have declared states of emergency. new york governor andrew cuomo slammed the cdc for delays in responding to the outbreak and for not allowing private labs in new york state to test for the coronavirus. over 100