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New Delhi: Three persons with a travel history to China have been kept under observation at an isolation ward of the RML Hospital here for a possible exposure to novel coronavirus, officials said on Tuesday. According to Bhardwaj, two of the patients had returned from China about a week ago while the other about a month back. Several people have been kept under observation in several states including Kerala, Kolkata and Maharashtra following screening for a possible exposure to respiratory virus, which has spread in China. The Centre has stepped up vigil in areas bordering Nepal in view of a confirmed case of nCoV detected there. Thermal screening is being done at seven designated airports -- New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Kochi..