Peak in DIY related injuries during Covid lockdown

During the coronavirus lockdown, emergency rooms saw a peak in people who got injured while doing odd jobs around the house, the Dutch associations for hand surgery NVvH and plastic surgery NVPC said on Wednesday. A total of 152 people ended up in an emergency room with serious to very serious DIY-related injuries, De Telegraaf reports. Usually, the Netherlands sees a peak in these injuries over Easter, Ascension, and Pentecost. Submitted by Janene Pieters on Wednesday, 9 September 2020 - 18:05 https://nltimes.nl/2020/09/09/peak-diy-related-injuries-covid-lockdown