A nine year-old boy from Tondo, Manila is the first firecracker-related victim this year, the Department of Health (DOH) reported Sunday.

Assistant Health Secretary, Dr. Eric Tayag said via Twitter that the boy sustained injuries, without mentioning any specific site for the wound, from using piccolo, a scratch-banger type firecracker.

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