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MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) is thinking of imposing a selective ban on firecrackers and limiting purchases only to groups.
Department of Health Assistant Secretary Eric Tayag disclosed through his Twitter account the government’s plans.
#DOH now mulls selective ban of fireworks that will not allow individual purchases Selling will be limited to accredited groups #APIR #DOH
— Doc Eric Tayag (@erictayagSays) December 26, 2012
Tayag has also asked the public to comment on the government’s plans via Twitter.
To ban or not to ban That is the question #DOH asks you with regards to fireworks in #PH Share us your thoughts #APIR #DOH
— Doc Eric Tayag (@erictayagSays) December 26, 2012
The DOH’s plans were disclosed after Tayag tweeted that firecracker- and stray bullet-related injuries have increased to 72 as of Wednesday, December 26.
As of Dec 26, Number of Firework injuries reach 72 with 71 due to fireworks and 1 due to stray bullet #APIR #DOH
— Doc Eric Tayag (@erictayagSays) December 26, 2012
This was a significant increase from Tayag’s tweet 2 days ago which said there were 44 firecracker-related injuries as of December 24, a week before New Year.
Tayag said 71 of these injuries were caused by firecrackers while one incident was caused by a stray bullet.
This, however, was lower than the 108 injuries caused by firecrackers and stray bullets in December 26 last year. The breakdown of these injuries are as follows:
- 99 injuries due to fireworks
- 8 caused by stray bullets
- 1 caused by firecracker ingestion – Rappler.com
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