President Donald Trump can resume his “public engagements” from Saturday, White House physician Sean Conley announced Thursday, AFP reported.

“Saturday will be day 10 since Thursday’s diagnosis,” Conley said.

“Based on the trajectory of advanced diagnostics the team has been conducting, I fully anticipate the President’s safe return to public engagements at that time,” AFP quoted the doctor’s statement.

Trump announced last Friday that he had tested positive for COVID-19. He was taken to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center later that day and spent three days there.

“Overall he’s responded extremely well to treatment, without evidence on examination of adverse therapeutic effects,” Conley said.

Since his diagnosis, Trump has received an experimental antibody treatment, the antiviral drug remdesivir and the steroid dexamethasone.

On Monday, Trump returned to the White House, that has become a COVID-19 hotspot, with dozens of people close to the President testing positive. 

With only 26 days to go until the November 3 election, the President is keen to get back on the campaign trail to rally his base, with polls showing him trailing Democratic challenger Joe Biden.