Since the first cases of SARS-CoV2 (COVID-19) outbreak was declared by local authorities in Wuhan, Hubei province, People’s Republic of China in December 2019, we are gathering more information about the virus and the disease. On March 11th WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared outbreak a “pandemic” that eventually infected 3.726.299 persons and unfortunately killed 257.405 lives in 215 countries (1). The very same day, Health Minister of Republic of Turkey Dr. Fahrettin Koca has announced the first COVID-19 case in Turkey (Figure 1) (2). The pandemic poses unprecedented threat to global public health, social and economic stability that the World needs to recover. How and when we will resume normal life is a matter of curiosity that will depend on the definition of the new “normal”, yet the answer is not clear. Therefore, orthopaedics and traumatology surgeons and other surgical disciplines must realize that we are not only a part of the pandemic team but also carry the responsibility to set safety standards for our patients and ourselves. Under these circumstances authors tried to compile information on the management of the elective, urgent and time sensitive cases related Orthopaedics and Traumatology.
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