Clinical and molecular practice of European thoracic pathology laboratories during the COVID-19 pandemic. The past and the near future

•Biosafety measures used in the first wave of the COVID-19 crisis were heterogeneous in 53 European pathology laboratories.•A dramatic decrease of the workload in pathology laboratories was noted.•No case of healthcare workers contaminated with SARS-CoV-2 associated with samples handling was identified. BackgroundThis study evaluated the consequences in Europe of the COVID-19 outbreak on pathology laboratories orientated toward the diagnosis of...