After South Korea raised its infectious disease alert to the highest level in response to coronavirus disease emergence, tuberculosis notification during the first 18 weeks of 2020 decreased significantly from the same period for each year during 2015-2019. Adequate measures to diagnose, control, and prevent tuberculosis need to be maintained.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; South Korea; bacteria; coronavirus disease; respiratory diseases; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; tuberculosis; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria; viruses; zoonoses.