President Donald Trump has tested negative for the coronavirus, his physician said in a memo released by the White House Saturday night.

"Last night after an in-depth discussion with the President regarding COVID-19 testing, he elected to proceed," the memo from Navy Cmdr. Sean Conley reads. "This evening I received confirmation that the test is negative."

The memo says Trump does not have any symptoms of COVID-19. It does not say when Trump took the test, or if the results are from a preliminary test.

Trump said earlier Saturday that he had been tested for the coronavirus, directly contradicting a White House memo from Conley sent late Friday night stating that the president did not need to take the test.

Speaking to reporters Saturday afternoon, Trump said that he decided to get tested "based on the press conference yesterday."

"I took the test last night," he said. "People were asking: Did I take the test?"

Trump said he was tested Friday night, which is exactly when his own doctor sent an official memo explaining that the president would not be tested or self-quarantining. Trump had previously come into contact with two Brazilian officials who tested positive for COVID-19, one of them being Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's press secretary, Fabio Wajngarten.

In the release just before midnight, Conley said that although Trump shook hands with one of the officials and "spent more time in closer proximity to the second case," the interactions were "low risk" for transmission, per CDC guidelines.

"Additionally, given the president himself remains without symptoms, testing for COVID-19 is not currently indicated," his doctor said.