Daniel Dae Kim says he's "practically back to normal" after announcing on Thursday he had tested positive for coronavirus.

The "Lost" and "Hawaii Five-0" star, 51, posted a seven-minute video update on his Instagram account Sunday from isolation at his Hawai home, crediting a cocktail of drugs for his recovery.

"I'm happy to report my progress has continued and I feel practically back to normal," Kim said, adding he had no symptoms except for residual congestion.

Kim has remained in isolation, which he said would end Monday, after frequent consultation with the Hawaii State Department of Health. By Monday, the heath authorities guidelines say he will be considered "recovered" and be "able to interact with my family like a normal human being."

His family – wife Mia Kim and two sons – remains symptom-free "and just bored, like the rest of us," he said.

Kim gave the details of his drug regimen with the caveat: "Obviously, I'm not a doctor, nor am I lawyer, though I have played them on TV. I've always wanted to say that."

The cocktail, prescribed by his doctor, included flu-fighting Tamiflu, the antibiotic commonly known as Z-Pak, an inhaler to ease breathing and the anti malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, which Kim called his "secret weapon."

After President Donald Trump said last week he had "great hope" for the use of hydroxychloroquine, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease at the National Institutes of Health, cautioned that the drug had not been thoroughly studied in terms of coronavirus impact.

"Today, there are no proven safe and effective therapies for the coronavirus" Fauci told CNN, adding there may be "anecdotal reports. They may be true, but they’re anecdotal."

Kim said Thursday: "Well, add my names to those personal accounts, because I am feeling better. … I won't say it's a cure, and I won't say definitively that you should go out and use it. But what I will say, is that, I believe it was crucial to my recovery."

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In the Thursday Twitter post, Kim said he expected to be OK and he made an impassioned plea to fight prejudice and violence against Asian people in connection with the origins of the illness in China. His tweet conveyed an aggressive approach toward a virus that has become a pandemic.

"Ready for a fight? I am. Yesterday I was diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus," he tweeted Thursday.

Daniel Dae Kim, seen here in 2016, announced Thursday that he had tested positive for coronavirus.

In the Thursday video, Kim, clad in a blue T-shirt and sitting in his Hawaii home, explained that he has "let go" regarding hairstyle, shaving and overall appearance the last few days, jokingly calling it "quarantine chic."

Ready for a fight? I am.

Yesterday I was diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the #coronavirus. I posted something on my Instagram page if you’d like to hear a little about my experience.

— Daniel Dae Kim (@danieldaekim) March 19, 2020

Kim, who played Jin-Soo Kwon on "Lost" and Chin Ho Kelly on "Hawaii Five-0," said he first felt symptoms while flying last weekend to Hawaii from New York, where, ironically, he had been playing a doctor helping with a flu pandemic on the NBC medical drama "New Amsterdam."

He first felt a scratchiness in his throat and later, after self-isolating from family members at home, felt a tightness in his chest and body aches, and experienced a rise in temperature. Upon a doctor's advice, he went to a Honolulu drive-through testing station the next day.

He said the test was painful, with a swab inserted deep into his nose, but that it was worth it. He found out the positive results Wednesday and says he is feeling better, "close to 100 percent."

He said he had concerns about sharing his experience, because of backlash about celebrities receiving special treatment in testing. "I never asked for or expected special treatment from anyone. I believe health care for all is a right, not a privilege."

Kim said it was more important to talk to people about what he went through and to ask others, especially young people who might not feel the effects of the illness as severely as their elders, to adopt social distancing and other healthy behaviors to contain the spread of the illness.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Daniel Dae Kim of 'Lost,' 'Hawaii 5-0,' gives coronavirus update