A woman who joked on social media that she would not contract COVID-19 has revealed that she has tested positive for the deadly virus, WZTV has reported.

Ireland Tate, 21, took to Instagram to shared her thoughts on social distancing and other measures that have been introduced to keep people safe. However, at the end of the video, the Tennessee native bragged:

"So, I'm aware that we're supposed to be self-quarantining and social distancing, all these things to keep everyone safe.

"Cool. I get it. I just don't think that I'm going to get the virus."

Check out Ireland's comments in the video below:

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However, as reported by the Daily Mail, days after Ms. Tate flouted strict instructions to stay home amid the global pandemic and ventured outside with some friends, she has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

She has since divulged her symptoms, reporting respiratory problems, a tightness in her chest, and even blood as a result of frequent coughing.

In a subsequent video, Tate reportedly says: "It feels like someone is sitting on my chest at all times. It's really hard to breathe. I've coughed until my throat has bled."

It is believed that Ireland is now quarantined with her parents.

She has since backtracked on her original stance on social distancing and warned others to adhere to the advice, saying: "While it may not be affecting you, you could be affecting someone’s grandma or grandpa or aunt or uncle or sister."

Per the Mail, the World Health Organization's (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned younger people that they are not immune to the virus, and their choices about social distancing can be the difference "between life and death". Ghebreyesus said during an online news conference:

"I have a message for young people: You are not invincible, this virus could put you in hospital for weeks or even kill you.

"Even if you don't get sick the choices you make about where you go could be the difference between life and death for someone else."

As of this writing, John Hopkins University reports that there have been 553,244 confirmed cases of COVID-19 around the world, resulting in a death toll of 25,035.

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Woman, 21, tests positive for COVID-19 days after bragging: 'I won't get it'