As COVID-19 patient numbers are now exponentially increasing, the need for urgent hysterectomy may occur more often. There is no need to place surgeons, anaesthetists and health workers in theatre at an elevated risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2 and the subsequent development of COVID-19 infection during the current pandemic. Therefore, VH should be our first choice for a large number of women who would have otherwise undergone LH or TAH were it not, during the current Covid-19 pandemic.
