Dear Editor, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 has spread across the globe, causing respiratory manifestations of coronavirus disease (COVID)‐19 and satisfying the epidemiological criteria for a pandemic. 1 As of 1 April 2020, more than one million cases testing positive for COVID‐19 have been identified and more than 54 000 deaths have occurred worldwide (https://systems.jhu.edu). In Italy, 110 574 positive cases, 49 285 hospitalized patients and 13 155 deaths from a population of 60 359 546 inhabitants were reported. 2 The highest number of deaths occurred in the northern Italian regions, i.e. Lombardy, Emilia‐Romagna, Veneto and Piedmont. 3