Table 1.
Summary of the case numbers of airborne/droplet-transmitted notifiable infectious diseases between January and October in 2019 and 2020.
| Disease | Overall | Locally transmitted cases | Imported cases | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2020 | Changes (%) | 2019 | 2020 | Changes (%) | 2019 | 2020 | Changes (%) | |
| Measles | 133 | 0 | −100.0 | 80 | 0 | −100.0 | 53 | 0 | −100.0 |
| Rubella | 21 | 0 | −100.0 | 4 | 0 | −100.0 | 17 | 0 | −100.0 |
| Pertussis | 25 | 4 | −84.0 | 25 | 4 | −84.0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Influenza with severe complication | 1933 | 443 | −77.1 | 1925 | 439 | −77.2 | 8 | 4 | −50.0 |
| Invasive pneumococcal disease | 352 | 193 | −45.2 | 350 | 193 | −44.9 | 2 | 0 | −100.0 |
| Q fever | 23 | 13 | −43.5 | 18 | 13 | −27.8 | 5 | 0 | −100.0 |
| Mumps | 511 | 412 | −19.4 | 503 | 407 | −19.1 | 8 | 5 | −37.5 |
| Meningococcal meningitis | 6 | 5 | −16.7 | 6 | 5 | −16.7 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Tuberculosis | 7278 | 6204 | −14.8 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Varicella | 53 | 46 | −13.2 | 52 | 46 | −11.5 | 1 | 0 | −100.0 |
| Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis | 67 | 62 | −7.5 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Legionellosis | 227 | 241 | 6.2 | 213 | 234 | 9.9 | 14 | 7 | −50.0 |
| Invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b infection | 1 | 3 | 200.0 | 1 | 3 | 200.0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Hantavirus syndrome | 1 | 10 | 900.0 | 1 | 10 | 900.0 | 0 | 0 | – |
NA, the data are not available.