The worldwide spread of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, first identified in Wuhan, China, has created unprecedented challenges in the diagnosis and medical treatment of affected patients as well as in public health management. Northern Italy was the first Western region to deal with COVID-19 and the first whose organ transplant population had to face the pandemic [1]. Despite the significant mitigating measures adopted, as of 4 May 2020, a total of 96,478 cases (46% of the total number of Italian cases) and 15,822 deaths (58%) have been reported in Lombardy and Veneto, respectively [2].