2020.12.30 08:27 GMT+8

Dutch ban New Year's Eve fireworks to ease hospitals' burden

Updated 2020.12.30 09:32 GMT+8
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A resident hands over fireworks to a security officer at a delivery point after a nationwide ban was announced on fireworks on this New Year's Eve amid the coronavirus pandemic, in The Hague, Netherlands, December 29, 2020. /Getty Images

Security personnel store fireworks handed over by residents at a delivery point in The Hague, Netherlands, December 29, 2020. /Getty Images

Security officers sort out up to 25 kilograms of unused fireworks handed over by residents in The Hague, Netherlands, December 29, 2020. /Getty Images

The Dutch government canceled the annual fireworks tradition to reduce hospital admissions after 1,300 people were treated last year for firework-related injuries, December 29, 2020. /Getty Images

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