Last year, it was found that the number of patients reporting domestic infectious diseases decreased by 20% compared to the previous year. Illustrator Kim Sang-min Artist It was found that the number of patients reporting domestic infectious diseases last year decreased by 20% compared to the previous year. While the number of pertussis patients has decreased significantly, scarlet fever and severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) have increased. On the 28th, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency published the ‘2025 Infectious Disease Reporting Status Yearbook’ based on an analysis of reporting data from the Integrated Quarantine Information System.