Watch: Amid coronavirus, ‘Wash Hands’ message appears in Sydney sky

Watch the video here:

A message to Sydney! Wash your hands, ya filthy animals! #handwashing #coronavirusaus #Sydney @NZStuff pic.twitter.com/K2HhhnI7NI

— Chris Dugan (@DugstorNZ) March 12, 2020

“A message to Sydney! Wash your hands, ya filthy animals!” he captioned the post. Dugan, in a followup tweet, revealed that he filmed the areal message from Darling Harbour, Sydney.

Though the identity of the man behind the message is not known yet, social media received the message with amusement. Several others also made memes and jokes on it. Take a look at some here:

That is a good message

— HPGOD USE CODE XAdi (@HPGOD_YT) March 12, 2020

That’s actually about the toilet paper shortage.

— Joel (@DaddyD0dd) March 12, 2020

Too bad no one was outside to see it :/

— soppro ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ (@Sopproo) March 13, 2020

Add “wear mask” too

— Camerene Huynh (@CamereneH) March 12, 2020

Ridiculously cool :)

— Jayne Hardy (@jayne_hardy0) March 12, 2020

Is this, finally, the government’s awareness campaign ?

— E P Conrad (@altimetr) March 12, 2020

Yes, wash hands….leave the toilet paper on the shelf!

— 💧glen🔥 (@glenpen60) March 12, 2020

According to the Australian government’s Department of Health, there are 156 confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), including 3 deaths. Meanwhile, around the globe, COVID-19 cases have risen to over 130,000.