With cases of Coronavirus increasing with each passing day, one of the simplest yet life-saving universal message, which governments and countries are sending out to their citizens is - to wash hands. 

If you want to stay safe, wash your hands as frequently as possible and follow it with a hand sanitizer. Probably use a hand sanitizer more than that perfume you bought for summers.

Be it public places, your social media feed or even the caller tune of your mobile phone; every form of media is being used to spread the message of cleanliness and the importance of washing hands and using a sanitizer, to avoid coming in contact with any virus or germs. 

In India, almost every office now has huge bottles of hand sanitizers at different spots for people to use.  

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Now, what more can you possibly do? I mean, you definitely can't walk around with a hand sanitizer asking every person to use it? But, according to this Saudi Arabian company, you can become one and just roam around the office.

No matter how bizarre it sounds, but an oil company in Saudi Arabia called Aramco made a worker actually do that and are now being criticised on social media for their 'racist' behaviour. 

In the pictures shared on social media, a migrant worker was wearing a face mask and dressed up as a 'human hand-sanitizer' and walking up to the office staff so they can use it. 

These pictures and his disheartening expression is enough to figure out that no one is enjoying this 'promotional and fun act'.

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â Ùشا٠ÙÙÙÙ (@HishamFageeh) March 10, 2020 Although the place is not mentioned, people are guessing (through the pictures) this incident took place in the company's Dhahran office. 

People on social media are outraged over this subtle racism the company tried to pull in the wake of Coronavirus. Many even called it 'modern-day slavery'.

Shocking contempt for human dignity in #SaudiArabiaâs oil company @Saudi_Aramco.

Picture shows an Indian employee dressed up as a mobile hand sanitizer for the convenience of #ARAMCOâs American executives. https://t.co/RuCFNKR5NY

â Tarek Fatah (@TarekFatah) March 11, 2020

Picture portraying modern day slavery!
Saudiâs oil company @Saudi_Aramco shows an Indian employee dressed up as a mobile hand sanitizer. pic.twitter.com/eG40niLkI7

â Girish Bharadwaj (@Girishvhp) March 11, 2020

Slavery was never abolished here, just repackaged. https://t.co/W1gFWeWLVl

â Naser (@NaserMestarihi) March 10, 2020

coronavirus has really brought out some disgusting classism and racism :( https://t.co/M6riaZkmFQ

â Ruqaiya (@ruqaiya_h) March 10, 2020 After the backlash, Aramco issued a statement on Twitter, calling the act abusive and that they will take necessary action to make sure it's never repeated. They said they wanted their employees to be health-conscious amidst the outbreak of Coronavirus.

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â أراÙÙÙ (@Saudi_Aramco) March 10, 2020 Looks like Xenophobia and Racism are spreading faster than Coronavirus and only time will tell how low can people stoop for their own interests.

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