Enhanced monitoring will be put in place for all direct flights from Wuhan to the UK, the Department of Health and Social Care has said.
This includes providing advice to travellers if they feel unwell and what symptoms to look out for.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has said Public Health England is putting in place new precautions in relation to travellers to the UK from the region of China at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak.
"There have been some announcements this morning about flights that come direct from the affected region to Heathrow with some additional measures there," he told Sky News.
"At the moment Public Health England have moved this from 'very low' to 'low' but obviously we want to stay ahead of the issue so we are keeping a very close eye on it.
"Initially this is to ensure that when flights come in directly into Heathrow there is a separate area for people to arrive in."
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is expected to declare a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in response to the coronavirus outbreak which appears to have originated in eastern China.
Nine people have died and hundreds of others have been infected, with cases detected in countries including the US, Japan and South Korea as increased precautions are taken to prevent the virus spreading during the busy Lunar New Year.
WHO will issue the emergency declaration for just the fifth time.
