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DANCES WITH A DISEASE: how CUMED takes on COVID-19 9 Pregnant women require special attention in relation to the prevention, diagnosis and man- agement of COVID-19. The extended period of pre-natal examinations inevitably augments the exposure to the virus and the possibility of infection which may have dire consequences for the pregnant women and their unborn children and the healthcare personnel involved. Ultrasafe for Ultrasound Liona Poon helps free pregnant women of COVID-19 threats Prof. Liona Poon of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology led a number of international physicians in consolidating the insights and best practices of the management of ultrasound examinations and clinical pathways in the context of COVID-19. She is the lead author of the In- ternational Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology’s (ISUOG) position statement on the safe performance of obstetric and gynae- cological scans and equipment cleaning in the context of COVID-19 issued in March 2020. In the same month, ISUOG issued a consensus statement, of which Professor Poon is an author, that provides doctors and medical staff offering obstetric ultrasound services with proposals and options for managing patient workflows and clinical pathways in the context of COVID-19. Professor Poon’s work goes beyond obstetric ultrasound. She is again the lead author of ISUOG’s interim guidance issued in May 2020 that provides updated information on the neonatal care of women as well.