A video has gone viral on social media this week, which shows a coronavirus patient pleading with the public to self isolate during the pandemic.

In a video filmed on Friday night and later uploaded to Facebook Live, 55-year-old Kevin Harris told his followers about how he was rushed to Mercy Health St. Joseph Warren Hospital in Warren, after noticing he had a small cough on March 2, which soon led to body aches and fevers. According to WJW, he was admitted on March 8 and tested positive for the coronavirus on March 11.

Watch this video to see how you can spot the early warning signs of coronavirus:

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Speaking from his bedside, Harris stated: "Do not go in the crowds. Do not shake hands. Stop hugging each other. Wash your hands continually. Do not kiss on your kids. There are thousands of people carrying this virus around. They may never get it [sic]."

He continued: "People need to stay away from other people. They call it social distancing — I say just be anti-social. Just stay away from other people. This thing is deathly dangerous. Treat everybody like it’s the zombie apocalypse. Don’t trust nothing anybody touches [sic]."

He added: "I promised certain officials that I would tell people they can get through this. Don’t be scared. You can live through this. But you’ve got to start taking care of yourself."

Take a look at the full video here:

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The World Health Organization has now declared that the COVID-19 is a pandemic, writing in a statement: "WHO has been assessing this outbreak around the clock and we are deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity, and by the alarming levels of inaction. We have therefore made the assessment that COVID-19 can be characterized as a pandemic."

The statement continued: "Pandemic is not a word to use lightly or carelessly. It is a word that, if misused, can cause unreasonable fear, or unjustified acceptance that the fight is over, leading to unnecessary suffering and death."

At the time of writing, there have now been more than 175,982 confirmed cases of COVID-19 across 114 countries worldwide, and a total of 6,526 deaths.

Coronavirus patient pleads with people to adopt social distancing from hospital bed