Disease Surveillance Express: week 20–21(May. 12–May. 25, 2019)

Disease Surveillance Express: week 20–21(May. 12–May. 25, 2019)

Seventy-nine clusters were reported during week 20, including 15 tuberculosis clusters, 19 diarrhea clusters, 24 upper respiratory tract infection clusters, 16 influenza-like illness clusters, 2 varicella clusters, 1 enterovirus cluster, and 2 fever of unknown origin clusters.There were 15 confirmed imported cases from 7 countries during week 18 of 2019.There are 315 imported cases from 19 different countries in 2019. The top 3 countriesare Indonesia (117), Vietnam (46), and Philippines (39).Top 3 imported diseases are Dengue Fever (150), Amoebiasis (58), and Measles (31).Measles：Epidemics in neighboring countries continue to occur. There has been new cluster case in Taiwan; therefore, the number of cases are expected to increase. However, it is not likely to cause a large scale epidemics.