Telemedicine for parkinsonism: A two-step model based on the COVID-19 experience in Milan, Italy

Since the first patient diagnosed with COVID-19 in Lombardy, Italy has become the third most affected country (>217.000 cases,>30.000 deaths) in the world, as of May 9th, 2020 [1]. Whereas the initial response strategy to COVID-19 aimed to contain its spread, policy makers are moving from containment ( ‘Phase One’) to mitigation (‘Phase Two’) by gradually lifting lockdown restrictions. This ‘Phase Two’ (which will probably last for 1 or 2 years) may be more dangerous than ‘Phase One’, because patients with chronic neurological diseases, such as Parkinson's disease (PD) and other fo rms of parkinsonism, are allowed again to engage in risky travel to in-person care sites.
Source: Parkinsonism and Related Disorders - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research