"“This passenger has no travel history from China and he hasn’t contacted any person who is suffering from infection,” Dr U Aung Tun, adviser to the Health Ministry, told The Myanmar Times. “He is discharged from the hospital today after test showed he was negative for the new corona virus.” Dr Vijay Krishana, superintendent of the Anugrah Narayan Medical College Hospital where the victim was confined, told the local media in India that the hospitalization of the Myanmar man was in line with India’s protocol to address the problem of COVID-19 epidemic. The festive season in Bodh Gaya starts in September and reaches its peak in February. A large number of Chinese pilgrims visit different monasteries and the Mahabodhi Temple every year during this time. Thousands of pilgrims from Myanmar, China and other countries flock to the 18th-century Vishnupad Mandir riverside temple with an octagonal shrine, the ancient Mangla Gauri Temple and the Brahma Kund pond where Hindu devotees take a bath before honoring their deceased ancestors atop Pretshila Hill. “This year, pilgrims from China haven’t arrived following restrictions due to spread of coronavirus,” according to a local Indian tourism official..."