Annalisa Malara is an Italian doctor who treated the first COVID-19 patient in Italy.[1][2] She is an intensivist and anaesthesiologist in Codogno, Italy.[3][4][5][6][7][8] She was named "personality of the year" by SkyTg24, a satellite news channel.[7]

Annalisa Malara
Born1982 (age 41–42)
NationalityItalian
Occupationmedical doctor

She has written a book about her work.[9]

In October 2020, she was awarded as Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "How this Italian doctor found Europe's Patient One and became a national hero". The Globe and Mail. 2021-02-19. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
  2. ^ "Annalisa Malara". Casa Editrice Longanesi (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  3. ^ Pullella, Alex Fraser, Philip (2021-02-20). "Italian doctors remember night that ushered in Europe's first COVID-19 lockdown". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-02-21.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "La Rosa camuna ad Annalisa Malara, l'anestesista che ha scoperto il paziente 1 del coronavirus: "Mi vaccinerò prima possibile"". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2020-12-21. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  5. ^ "A pandemic atlas: Italy becomes Europe's viral epicenter". Daily Herald. Associated Press. 2020-12-16. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  6. ^ Malara, Annalisa. "Diagnosing the first COVID-19 patient in Italy – Codogno, Italy". www.escardio.org. Archived from the original on 2021-04-19. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  7. ^ a b "Annalisa Malara, il personaggio dell'anno di SkyTg24: la dottoressa che il 20 febbraio diagnosticò il primo caso di Covid a Codogno". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 2020-12-05. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  8. ^ "Covid, scoprì il paziente 1 in Italia: consegnato il premio Rosa Camuna ad Annalisa Malara". Il Giorno (in Italian). Milano. 21 December 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-01-25. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  9. ^ Malara, Annalisa (2020). In scienza e coscienza : cos'è successo davvero nei mesi che hanno cambiato il mondo. Milano. ISBN 978-88-304-5635-8. OCLC 1228121277.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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