Holy Week in the Philippines: Health officials tell people who practice self-flagellation and crucifixion to get tetanus shot

Holy Week is being celebrated throughout the Christian world and in the predominately-Catholic Philippines; this week is taken very seriously, so much so that the practice of self-flagellation and crucifixion is practiced, most famously in the Pampanga province. However, there are serious risks of deadly bacterial infection when these acts of penitence are performed. It ["]