However, at the beginning of the pandemic in our hospital, we detected in several follow-up chest CTs of oncological patients who were asymptomatic the typical radiographic features of coronavirus disease. For this reason and due to the lack of sensitivity of PCR tests and chest radiographs in identifying the initial signs of COVID-19, we decided to apply all the resources available in our hospital to screening for the disease. We also suggest that, in further and more favourable phases of the pandemic, CT screening could be omitted.