The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the attitudes towards the lifting of con nement. Methods: The data were collected using a questionnaire applied to 344 people in different regions of Algeria from April 21, 2020, for two weeks afterward, in order to determine the attitudes of the Algerian people towards the post-coronavirus COVID-19 phase. Results: The results of this study indicate that 94.2% of respondents insist on lifting the con nement to apply gradually and partially. Accordingly, there is a signi cant impact of gender and age on social attitudes towards the post-coronavirus phase. Similarly, the results highlighted the existence of a positive level of attitude towards the post-coronavirus phase COVID-19 in the need to digitize education, digitize social transactions, and develop sustainable transport and the public health sector. Results: People living in con nement indicate that it is necessary to prepare for the post-coronavirus period, in particular through the vital sectors linked to daily life.

Background: Under the new circumstance of COVID-19 pandemic, a full cognition of hand injury patterns may help with the injury prevention of the factories and management of medical institutions. Methods: 38 patients were admitted to the orthopedics department with an emergent hand injury, were retrospectively collected from January 23th, 2020 to March 23,2020. Information about demographics, type of injury, location of the injury, side of the lesion, mechanism of the injury, place where injuries occurred, surgical management and outcome was collected. Results: The number of total emergency visits of hand injury during the outbreak of COVID-19 decreased 37% from the same period of last year, and during the work resumption it had achieved an increase of 25.7%. Most of the injured patients during the stage of COVID-19 outbreak were women (60%) with a mean age of 56.7, while in the stage of work resumption were men (82.1%) with a mean age of 47.4. Most of the injury occurred at work (60.7%), and machine injury was the most frequent injury mechanism (67.9%). Fingers were the most common injured part. The majority of the injuries were classi ed to be minor or moderate (90%) in the outbreak, and major (42.9%) in the work resumption. Conclusion: We found an increased number of hand injuries, especially machine injury during the period of people returning to work after the outbreak of COVID-19. Medical institutions should be aware of the pattern of hand injuries during this special time in order to prepare services accordingly.

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