TACLOBAN CITY, Dec. 26 (PNA) --
Christmas revelry has wounded six children in typhoon-hit Northern Samar, the
only province in Eastern Visayas with reported firecracker-related injuries as
of Saturday morning.
“We don’t know why all reported
injuries are in Northern Samar. Our appeal to all victims is to immediately
seek medical attention because firecracker injury victims are very prone to
tetanus infection,” said Roderick Boyd Cerro, chief of the Department of Health
regional epidemiology and surveillance unit.
Five of the six victims suffered
blast injury after igniting piccolo.
A lone victim sustained an eye
injury after using lantaka (bamboo cannon), a popular alternative to
firecrackers.
Young victims are from the towns
of Pambujan, Lope de Vega, Mondragon, Catarman and Laoang, all in Northern
Samar, which was battered by typhoon "Nona" on Dec. 14.
The government has launched its
monitoring of Christmas and New Year revelries on Dec. 16, 2015 and will conclude
on Jan. 5, 2016.
Operation centers have been
activated in different provinces to monitor firecracker-related injuries.
The DOH encouraged the public to
stop exploding firecrackers, but instead use other noisemakers such as party
horns, car horns and loud music to celebrate the holidays. (PNA)
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