Clinicians must focus on risk factors of infections, among them alcohol is frequent and easy to assess (using questionnaires such as the WHO's AUDIT or its short form in three questions (Bohn et al., 1995) or recent validated tools for telephone administration during the pandemic (Deacon et al., 2020)). The current crisis requires unusual therapeutic adaptations to prevent encephalopathy for heavy drinkers (Columb et al., 2020). When facing an alcohol use disorder (previously known or not), physicians must be aware of the risk of increasing consumption to alleviate anxiety symptoms, especially during lockdown (Brooks et al., 2020). The absence of structured professional environment or social activity increases the risk of lapse and relapse to alcohol use (Da et al., 2020). Entities encouraging the use of alcohol such as “zoom happy hour” or “boozing at home” have become popular in social media. A Chinese online survey examining 1074 individuals during lockdown showed higher rates of anxiety, depression, hazardous and harmful alcohol use (assessed with the AUDIT), and lower mental wellbeing (Ahmed et al., 2020). Temporary bans on alcohol were decided, mainly
