Myanmar’s earthquake-affected residents face insufficient toilets in temporary shelters

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Some earthquake-affected areas in Mandalay Region are facing a shortage of toilets, triggering concerned about the spread of diarrhoea and other infectious diseases.

Some earthquake-affected residents in Mandalay Region, which was devastated by the powerful earthquake on 28 March, are currently living in temporary shelters due to the damage to their homes.

Consequently, there are insufficient numbers of toilets for the earthquake-affected population in these temporary shelters, leading to difficulties.

“Since there is no electricity, we cannot run the water pumps. So, we have experienced water shortages. With the lack of sufficient useable water, there are difficulties in using the toilets,” said a person helping earthquake victims in Mandalay.