President Trump to visit Pennsylvania, Iowa following virus bout
President Donald Trump waves as he arrives at the White House wearing a facemask upon his return from Walter Reed Medical Center, where he underwent treatment for Covid-19, in Washington, DC, on October 5, 2020. (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP) (Photo
WASHINGTON - President Trump added Pennsylvania and Iowa to his campaign schedule next week, stepping up travel plans despite his recent bout with coronavirus.
President Trump will hold nighttime rallies in Johnstown, Penn., on Tuesday and Des Moines, Iowa, on Wednesday to shore up support in the battleground states before the Nov. 3 election, his campaign announced Saturday.
That's on top of a previously announced stop in Sanford, Fla., on Monday and a law and order event Saturday at the White House -- his first public event since leaving the hospital.
President Trump was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center with serious symptoms last Friday, began a course of treatment, and returned to the White House Monday.
President Donald Trump (L) and Democratic Presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden (Photo by JIM WATSON,SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
Meanwhile, Joe Biden and his campaign called President Trump's conduct since he was diagnosed with coronavirus "reckless." They accused him of putting those around him needlessly at risk.
"His reckless personal conduct since his diagnosis, the destabilizing effect it's having on our government, is unconscionable," Biden said Friday.
The White House has not yet released when President Trump's last negative COVID-19 was or evidence that he is no longer contagious.
On Thursday, White House physician Dr. Sean Conley sent out a memo stating that President Trump could resume public engagements beginning Saturday.
But there hasn't been information from President Trump's doctor's since, such as a note clearing him for travel or details on his health.
President Donald Trump removes his mask upon return to the White House from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Oct. 5, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Trump this week, said he's feeling good and is off medication. Trump received cutting-edge treatments that are not widely available to Americans.
In his first TV interview from the White House since announcing he contracted coronavirus Oct. 2, Trump told Dr. Marc Siegel on "Tucker Carlson Tonight" that he was “medication-free” as of Friday and feeling "really, really strong."
Trump said he was tested for coronavirus on Friday and did not know the exact results, but he was “either the bottom of the scale or free” of the virus. He expected to be tested again Saturday.
The president added that he would donate plasma to help other patients if asked.
Fox News' Thomas Barrabi contributed to this report.