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As the novel coronavirus spreads across China with cases being reported even from neighboring countries today, India intensified surveillance expanding thermal screening of passengers arriving from China and Hong Kong to seven airports.

The thermal scanning will now be done at international airports of Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Cochin along with Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata, which were identified earlier. The Ministry of Civil Aviation today directed logistics support and arrangements to be made at all above airports to enhance surveillance.