Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 22 (PTI): The Health department in Kerala has issued an alert in the wake of the new coronavirus outbreak in China.

Surveillance in all the four airports in the state-- Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Kozhikode and Kannur--has been stepped up, State Health minister K K Shyalaja said in a press release.

Those who have returned from China should inform district medical officers, the minister added.PTI UD

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