LEGAZPI CITY: The Department of Health and the Philippine National Police are closely working to reduce firecracker victims here after Sorsogon and Albay posted the high rates of firecracker injuries a few days before New Year’s celebration.

Gloria Balboa, DOH-CHD Bicol, told The Manila Times that as of December 27, the recorded firecracker-related injuries totaled 46 persons with the youngest victim a seven-year-old.

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