Fig. 1

The bar chart compares the weekly numbers of patient accesses to the Radiology Unit of our institute for imaging examinations from week 3 to week 18 of 2019 and 2020. Both inpatient and outpatient accesses were considered. A considerable reduction in the number of patient accesses was registered during the lockdown (green bars), which occurred from week 11 to week 18, with respect to the same period in 2019. The decreased access resulted in a reduction in overall radiology activities. N.B. Week 17 of 2019 only had 3 working days because of a national holiday