A team of doctors and health officials are now based at Manchester Airport to deal specifically with the threat of coronavirus.
The Department of Health and Social Care has confirmed that medics, working in shifts, are on hand to support any patients on arrival.
This is in addition to medical staff who are already permanently in place at all UK airports.
A government spokesman said: "A team of public health experts has been established at all major airports including Manchester."
It's understood the 'rotational team' is made up of seven clinicians - including doctors and health officials.
The spokesman said that posters and leaflets are also available at all international UK airports, although Manchester Airport have said they are only currently displaying the posters.
He added that Public Health England protection teams were liaising closely with airports.
Unlike Heathrow, where the Holiday Inn has been block-booked to deal with the need to quarantine passengers considered to be at risk who have nowhere else to go, a similar set-up is yet to be established in Manchester.
A Manchester Airport spokesman confirmed they were displaying Public Health England posters which have been sent to all airports.
He said that operationally, the hub was continuing on a 'business as usual' basis.
Unlike other international airports, there is currently no screening of passengers taking place.
The M.E.N reported earlier this month that Manchester Airport's flights to and from mainland China have been suspended amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Hainan Airlines, which flies from the hub three times a week in winter, has cancelled flights for thousands of passengers.
Manchester Airport has confirmed the route, which runs on Friday, Sunday and Tuesday in winter, will be suspended at least until March 28.
Manchester Airport last month revealed plans to launch a Shanghai route in March, to be flown by Juneyao Air.
It's not yet known if this route will also be affected.
The government's latest move comes as the virus continues to spread across the world.
On Tuesday morning, Cransley High in Northwich Cheshire was closed for a week amid fears that students and staff returning from a ski trip in Italy had contracted coronavirus.
Health Secretary, Matt Hancock said anyone returning from any areas of Italy quarantined by the government should self-isolate, regardless of showing symptoms.
He added that travellers returning from parts of northern Italy not on lockdown should self-isolate if they show flu-like symptoms.
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has updated the list of countries where travellers returning to the UK will need to follow clinical advice in connection with the coronavirus outbreak.
In a statement on Tuesday, it said people returning from Iran, locked-down areas of northern Italy, special care zones in South Korea, and Hubei province in China since February 19 should call NHS 111, stay indoors and avoid contact with other people even if they do not have symptoms.
