Health Department Officer in Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire urged the general public on Thursday to refrain from using firecrackers to prevent incidents like ingesting them and injuries.

Speaking at the Media Forum at the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Vergeire said that fireworks-related injuries rose to 36.

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