COVID-19 pandemic: perspectives on an unfolding crisis

1Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Manzoni 113 20089 Rozzano Milan, 2Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Humanitas Clinical and Research Hospital, Via Manzoni 56 20089 Rozzano Milan, 3Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, Università degli Studi della Campania ‘Luigi Vanvitelli’, Naples, Italy, and 4Colorectal Unit, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain (e-mail: antonino.spinelli@hunimed.eu)