1.1. Psychological Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Healthcare Workers
DISEASE
In December 2019, the first cases of COVID-19 were reported in Wuhan (China). Following the rapid spread of the disease, a global pandemic was declared a few months later [Specifically, Alanazi et al. [In chronological terms, Italy was the second country after China to be strongly affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. Multiple authors have reported a high prevalence of mental health issues among Italian HCWs [