Revellers watch as fireworks light up the sky ushering in the New Year at Rizal Park, in Manila on January 1, 2024. (Photo by Jamillah STA. ROSA / AFP)
THE number of firecracker injuries continues to rise as it is now at 163, the Department of Health said.
The health department had recorded 21 new cases on December 30, a day before New Year’s Eve.
This is 44 percent higher compared to the 113 total cases that were logged during the same period last year.
The DOH said that minors and teenagers are still part of the majority of the victims of the firecrackers.
They also said that many were due to illegal firecrackers such as boga or PVC cannon, 5-star, and piccolo.
Meanwhile, the DOH reiterated their call for a safer New Year celebrations with the use of horns and other alternative noisemakers.
The DOH earlier warned that using firecrackers could lead to amputation of body parts, blindness, hearing loss, poisoning, burns, permanent lung damage, and even death from severe injuries.
It will be recalled that the Philippine National Police reported 15 cases of indiscriminate firing and 4 others victims of stray bullets.
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