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Even before coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) had a significant impact on public health in the UK, there were media reports that access to epidural analgesia for women during labour was being restricted in some National Health Service (NHS) hospitals.

The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which originated in Wuhan, China, has spread rapidly and was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020.

An outbreak of novel coronavirus pneumonia occurred worldwide since December 2019, which had been named COVID-19 subsequently.

In this article the authors recommend “early epidural placement” for parturients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19.

On 23 April 2020, the National Health Institute reported 177 143 confirmed cases and more than 23 188 confirmed COVID-19 deaths affecting Italy.

We read with great interest the recent article by Smith et al., which summarised the important role that lung ultrasound can play in patients with COVID-19.

Ultrasound imaging of the lung and associated tissues may play an important role in themanagement of patients with COVID-19–associated lung injury.

The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted medical practices throughout the world especially those of infectious disease specialists, emergency room personnel, anesthetists, intensivists, virologists, epidemiologists and hygienists.

To assess the management and safety of epidural or general anesthesia for Cesarean delivery in parturients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and their newborns, and to evaluate the standardized procedures for protecting medical staff.

The covid-19 pandemic has infected over 1.2 million people worldwide, with over 60 000 deaths (at the time of writing).