Annalisa Malara

Annalisa Malara is an Italian doctor who treated the first COVID-19 patient in Italy. She is an intensivist and anaesthesiologist in Codogno, Italy. She was named "personality of the year" by SkyTg24, a satellite news channel.

She has written a book about her work.

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