A health official from Santa Clara County, Calif., has gone viral online after footage surfaced of her licking her finger shortly after advising the public not to touch their faces to prevent the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19).

In footage of the moment at a recent press conference, Sara Cody, who serves as the public health officer and director for Santa Clara County, could be seen telling the public at one point, “Start working on not touching your face, because one main way viruses spread is when you touch your own mouth, nose or eyes.”

Then, at a later point during the briefing when Cody began stressing the importance of “enhance cleaning of surfaces,” the health official could be seen licking her finger to turn a page while at the podium.

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An edited video of the moment juxtaposing her instruction and her finger licking has racked up more than 6.25 million views since it was posted on Twitter this week.

Coronavirus instructions.

Wait for it...pic.twitter.com/WvnKBwKUtb — Rex Chapman (@RexChapman) March 4, 2020

The Hill has reached out to Cody’s office for comment.

However, Cody is not the only public official to make the mistake of touching her face while advising the public to refrain from doing so in recent weeks.

A video of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Alexandria Ocasio-CortezWhy Democrats must confront extreme left wing incitement to violence The Hill Interview: Jerry Brown on climate disasters, COVID-19 and Biden's 'Rooseveltian moment' House Democrats postpone vote on marijuana decriminalization bill MORE similarly advising people against face-touching in remarks to reporters last week has also garnered nearly 136,000 views. A number social media users have noted how frequently the congresswoman touched her face throughout the clip.

.@RepAOC @AOC speaks to media on #coronavirus: "One of the key parts to preventing transmission is washing you hands and not touching your face…A mask will not protect you if you don't wash your hands and if you continue to touch your face." pic.twitter.com/WNmC3pLAUP — CSPAN (@cspan) February 28, 2020

President Trump Donald John TrumpHR McMaster says president's policy to withdraw troops from Afghanistan is 'unwise' Cast of 'Parks and Rec' reunite for virtual town hall to address Wisconsin voters Biden says Trump should step down over coronavirus response MORE also recently claimed that he hadn’t touched his face “in weeks,” but has been called out on social media for doing so.

TRUMP: “I haven’t touched my face in weeks. It’s been weeks. I miss it." pic.twitter.com/TUYRhQmivQ — JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) March 4, 2020

Here’s President Trump on Monday during a coronavirus meeting https://t.co/yA7mJ2qjBL pic.twitter.com/kM4e4aDqdU — Tyler Bartlam (@tylerbartlam5) March 4, 2020

The occurrences have been so frequent recently that The Washington Post created a video of more lawmakers and officials, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Ron DeSantisFirst death reported from Hurricane Sally in Alabama Trump tells Gulf Coast residents to prepare for 'extremely dangerous' Hurricane Sally Polls show trust in scientific, political institutions eroding MORE (R); Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator; and Robert R. Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), touching their faces while urging people not to.