Table 1

Details of eight patients with respiratory symptoms

Case	Procedure	Patient	Date of endoscopy	Test for COVID-19	Symptoms	Follow-up call
1	Screening colonoscopy	55 years, female No comorbidities	14 February	Tested positive 2 March	Cough since 1 March	20 March Asymptomatic
2	RFA ablation Barrett LGIN	49 years, male No comorbidities (physician)	21 February	Tested negative, 23 March	Fever since 19 March	24 March Still intermittent fever (<38°C)
3	EUS for cholecystitis after prior stenting for cholangiocarcinoma	73 years, male Cholangiocarcinoma	19 February	Hospital admission 3 March, tested negative	Fever since 3 March	24 March Asymptomatic
4	EUS for biliary stones followed by ERCP with stone extraction	68 years, female Hypertension	13 February	No test	Fever and cough since 14 February for 3 days	20 March Asymptomatic
5	Screening colonoscopy	63 years, male No comorbidities	14 February	No test	Cough since 3 March	19 March Very mild cough
6	Diagnostic colonoscopy Family history CRC	54 years, male No comorbidities	7 February	Tested negative, 16 February	Fever since 11 February	24 March Asymptomatic
7	Diagnostic colonoscopy suspected diverticulosis	82 years, female Hypertension Cardiopathy	5 February	No test	Fever since 9 February	18 March Asymptomatic
8	Surveillance colonoscopy after adenoma removal	64 years, male No comorbidities	10 February	No test	Fever since 15 February	24 March Asymptomatic

CRC, colorectal cancer; ERCP, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; EUS, endoscopic ultra sonography; LGIN, low grade intraepithelial neoplasia; RFA, radiofrequency ablation.