President Trump has tested negative for the coronavirus, his doctor revealed  'The President remains symptom-free,' in-house physician Sean Conley wrote Trump revealed he was tested on Friday night a…

White House spokeswoman Katie Miller said in a statement that the reporter's temperature was taken three times within 15 minutes, and each time was above the 100.4 degree threshold that the CDC defines as a fever.  

The White House announced earlier in the day that 'out of an abundance of caution, temperature checks are now being performed on any individuals who are in close contact with the president and vice president'.

Pence had been scheduled to lead the briefing but Trump led it off with a surprise appearance, touting his handling of the crisis and taking credit for a massive stock market rally as he delivered a press conference during the last 30 minutes of Friday's trading session.

Contrary to medical advice, the president was seen Friday shaking hands all round as he gathered his coronavirus response team at the White House — a practice he said Saturday owed to long-time habit as a politician but which he said would have to change. 

At Saturday's briefing, Trump also revealed that his own temperature had been checked before he entered the room.

On his way out of the room, as reporters asked him what his temperature was, he turned and shouted, 'totally normal!'   

Trump said Friday he'd 'most likely' get tested for the novel coronavirus, as he was grilled on his recent contacts with several members of a visiting Brazilian presidential delegation who have since tested positive. 

On his way out of the room, as reporters asked him what his temperature was, he turned and shouted, 'totally normal!'

A member of the White House physicians office (left) checks temperatures of media members before the briefing as part of a new policy to screen those near Trump for fevers

Members of the media lined up to have their temperatures checked before the briefing

On Friday, Brazil's Acting Ambassador Nestor Forster tested positive for coronavirus, making him the third person who visited Mar-a-Lago with Trump last weekend to be confirmed with the virus.  

A letter from Dr Conley sent on Friday night revealed that Trump had dinner with Forster on March 6 and both the president and his daughter Ivanka are pictured on the evening with the ambassador.

The president also came into contact with Brazilian Press Secretary Fabio Wajngarten on Saturday who tested positive and he attended a dinner on Sunday after which one of the attendees was also diagnosed. It's not clear who that attendee is.  

Forster was the third person over the space of a weekend that Trump and members of the first family encountered who have since tested positive for the deadly coronavirus.  

Ivanka has now had several brushes with the coronavirus including with Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton days before he tested positive.  

She stayed home on Friday but is showing no symptoms, does not need to self-quarantine and stayed home out of an abundance of caution, the White House said. 

Her father told a press conference at the White House on Friday afternoon that he likely would be, after days of insisting he would not get a test. His test has now come back negative. 

President Trump said he might get tested at a press conference on Friday