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DOH reports 6 new fireworks-related injuries since Dec. 21

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Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/12/26/20180101-newyear-fireworks-zamboanga-md-770.jpg"/><figcaption>Revelers light up firecrackers to welcome 2018 in Titay, Zamboanga Sibugay on January 1, 2018. <em>File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA —The Department of Health (DOH) has recorded 6 additional fireworks-related injuries since Dec. 21, bringing the total number of injuries to 10, the agency announced on Saturday.</p><p>Of the total, 6 were blast and burn injuries that did not need amputation while 4 were eye injuries, according to the health department.</p><p>Nine of those who were hurt, the DOH said, were sent home after treatment, while one was admitted.</p><p>All were male patients between the age of 10 and 43 years old, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said.</p><p>Four of the injuries were caused by 5 star firecrackers, the use of which has been <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/12/18/list-beware-of-these-banned-firecrackers" target="_self">banned</a> by police since 2018.</p><p>Despite the <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/21/20/firecrackers-banned-in-metro-manila-says-ncrpo-chief" target="_blank">ban on fireworks</a>, the capital region and the Bicol region topped areas in the country that recorded most cases as of Saturday with 2 fireworks-related injuries each.</p><p>Here are the types of firecrackers that have caused injuries as of Saturday:</p><ul>	<li>5 Star - 4</li>	<li>Baby Rocket - 1</li>	<li>Boga - 1</li>	<li>Bong-bong - 1</li>	<li>Fountain - 1</li>	<li>Rebentador - 1</li>	<li>Whistle Bomb - 1</li></ul><p>The new injuries were reported by 56 out of the health department’s 61 sentinel hospitals from Dec. 21, 6 a.m. to Dec. 26, 5:59 a.m.</p><p>Sentinel hospitals are participating sites for the monitoring of fireworks-related injuries.</p><p>The total number of injuries as of Saturday is 15 cases or 60 percent lower compared to 2019, the DOH noted.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/A0zj6toi3N4?enablejsapi=1"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Of the total, 6 were blast and burn injuries without amputation while 4 were eye injuries, according to the health department.</p>

Of the total, 6 were blast and burn injuries without amputation while 4 were eye injuries, according to the health department.

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DOH reports 6 new fireworks-related injuries since Dec. 21

Job Manahan,

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Published December 26, 2020 02:34 PM PHT

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Updated December 26, 2020 02:40 PM PHT

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