"We are also setting up similar hand wash stations in two other municipalities of the district, namely Janakpur Sub-Metropolitan City and Nagarayan Municipality next week," said Sanjay Kumar Shah, local officer at CFPA.

According to CFPA, a washing center will be operated for at least two weeks, while it will be managed by the local community as per the need once the nationwide lockdown is over.

"Since the districts have a dominance of people with poor economic condition and illiteracy, we are hopeful that the wash stations could be helpful to prevent the virus infection in the local population," Zou Zhiqiang, country director of CFPA Nepal, told Xinhua.

Starting to work in Nepal after the 2017 earthquake, the NGO has carried out over a dozen projects in disaster relief, livelihood, food, water and sanitation, disinfection treatment and health care among others in various districts.

The Chinese organization plans to build more than 180 hand wash stations in various parts of the country including in Kathmandu valley to help fight the outbreak.

Nepal has reported nine confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of Sunday, including one recovered and eight active cases.

The whole nation is under a nationwide lockdown since March 24 to prevent the further spread of COVID-19.

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