A Royal Mail postman wiped his nose with his hand and then repeatedly touched someone's front door with the same hand.

Doorbell footage captures the postman delivering letters to a property in the West Midlands before wiping his nose with his hand.

He then takes the that hand and drags it along the side of the entrance and all over the front door.

The postman delivers letters to the front door of a property in the West Midlands in the UK during the coronavirus lockdown

He opens his bag to collect more letters for another delivery and then wipes his nose with the hand he goes on to touch the entrance with

As he is about to leave the Royal Mail employee then wipes his nose with his hand and repeatedly touches the left side of the property's entrance

The shocking footage shows the postman using the hand he wiped his nose with to pat the side of the entrance, the handle and the front door.

Social media has called for the employee to be fired for endangering people in insolation during coronavirus.

'I don't get why people are doing this? They just want to watch the world burn,' a user posted on Reddit.

He drags his hand along the side of the entrance, touches the handle next to the door and then pats the front door

The postman pats along the entire front door after wiping his nose with his hand during coronavirus

The NHS advises people not to touch their face and to use tissues when sneezing or coughing to limit the spread of coronavirus.

Royal Mail said that they have changed their parcel handling procedures in light of coronavirus.

In response to this incident they have launched an investigation and have been in touch with the customer involved who has since taken the video down.