text: Covid 19 Pandemic Resumption of Orthopedic Care and Medical Education Covid 19 is a respiratory disease caused by coronavirus 2 SARS CoV 2 first identified in Wuhan China December 2019 The disease rapidly crossed the barrier of countries continents and spread globally Non pharmaceutical measures such as social distancing face mask frequent hand washing and use of sanitizer remained the best available option to prevent the spread of disease OPD IPD admissions elective O Ts were curtailed Orthopedic care was only limited to emergency and semi urgent procedures like necrotizing fasciitis open fracture and compartment syndrome These measures were taken to preserve infrastructure and manpower to manage covid 19 pandemic The children were thought to have a low susceptibility to covid 19 as compared to an adult Deferring the patient during pandemic has led to high orthopedic disease burden morbidity and disease related sequelae hence elective care must be resumed with modified hospital infrastructure Resumption of elective emergent orthopedic care should be slow phasic and strategic much similar to unlocking Cases must be stratified depending on covid status and severity Dedicated O Ts with neutral negative pressure and HEPA filter for covid positive and suspected patients are to be used All symptomatic and suspected patients should be investigated for covid 19 by RT PCR blood counts and CT scan Regional anaesthesia should be preferred to General anaesthesia Power drill saw burr pulse lavage should be minimized to avoid aerosol generation Postoperatively continuous surveillance and monitoring to be done for covid related symptoms Medical institutes rapidly shifted to the online mode of education Blended learning virtual physical and imparting skills have to be continued in post covid phase with equitable distribution of teaching hours to students of different years 