Over 200 individuals damage resulting from firecrackers – DOH

This 12 months’s firework-related accidents is 42% decrease than the 403 circumstances recorded in the identical interval final 12 months

MANILA, Philippines – Sixty-two extra individuals have been damage resulting from firecrackers as they welcomed the New Yr, the Division of Well being (DOH) stated on Thursday, January 1.

This brings the overall firework-related accidents to 235 from December 21, 2025 to January 1, 4 am.

DOH knowledge confirmed 69% of the victims have been aged under 20.

A lot of the injured have been damage from firecrackers which are unknown to them in addition to boga and 5-Star.

This 12 months’s firework-related accidents is 42% decrease than the 403 circumstances recorded in the identical interval final 12 months.

The DOH will proceed its monitoring till January 5.

“The DOH anticipates that late studies will are available in from right now [January] 1 all the best way to  [January] 5. We hope the decrease depend will keep,” DOH spokesperson Albert Domingo stated.

Domingo suggested victims to seek the advice of with the closest hospital, whatever the wound measurement, to keep away from tetanus, a bacterial illness that impacts the physique’s muscle tissue and nerves.

“Signs don’t seem till round 8 days, some as much as 21 days later, and they are often lethal. Vaccination in opposition to tetanus is offered at hospitals,” he stated.

In response to the World Well being Group, tetanus signs embody headache and muscular stiffness within the jaw then neck, issue swallowing, spasms, sweating, fever, and rigidity of belly muscle tissue.

Apart from wounds and burns, firecrackers may trigger blindness and lack of listening to. It might additionally set off bronchial bronchial asthma. – Rappler.com