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WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 26: U.S. President Donald Trump makes remarks during an event on protecting seniors with diabetes, in the Rose Garden at the White House on May 26, 2020 in Washington, DC. The United States is closing in on 100,000 deaths in less than four months caused by the coronavirus. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) via CNN. The White House on Thursday released a memo from President Trump’s physician saying that he believes the president will be able to return to “public engagements” as soon as Saturday. Hours after the memo was released, Mr. Trump told Fox News’ Sean Hannity that he is planning to hold a rally on Saturday in Florida. “I think I’m gonna try doing a rally on Saturday night if we have enough time to put it together — but we wanna do a rally, probably in Florida on Saturday night,” the president said. “We might come back and do one in Pennsylvania the following night, and it’s incredible what’s going on. I feel so good.” Mr. Trump said he tested positive for COVID-19 on October 1, which would make Saturday the tenth day since his diagnosis. In his interview with Hannity, Mr. Trump refused to say if he had tested negative for COVID-19 since he was diagnosed. Dr. Sean Conley, the president’s physician, said Mr. Trump had “completed his course of therapy for COVID-19 as prescribed by his team of physicians.” According to previous reports from Conley, Mr. Trump has been treated with an experimental antibody cocktail developed by the company Regeneron; dexamethasone, a powerful steroid recommended for use in severe cases of COVID-19; and supplemental oxygen before he was hospitalized. As of Thursday evening, Conley said Mr. Trump had a heart rate of 69 beats per minute, blood pressure of 127/81, a respiratory rate of 15-17 breaths per minute and a pulse oximetry rate of 96-98%. “Since returning home, his physical exam has remained stable and devoid of any indications to suggest progression of illness,” Conley said. “Overall he’s responded extremely well to treatment, without evidence on examination of adverse therapeutic effects.”