Minister of Housing, Utilities, and Urban Communities Assem El Gazzar has left his home for the first time in almost two weeks and returned to office, after self-isolating due to exposure to a COVID-19 carrier on June 11, Invest-Gate reports.

On June 28, El Gazzar returned to his duties after being tested for Coronavirus several times, with all coming back negative, according to a recent ministerial statement, stressing that temperature screening was conducted immediately upon his arrival at the ministry’s premises.

On his first day back at the office, El Gazzar held a number of extensive meetings with various ministerial officials and dignitaries to follow up on the progress of the housing ministry’s work, where he was warmly welcomed with his safe and sound return.

While in isolation, the minister kept working and held government meetings via video link.

According to a previous statement, on June 10, El Gazzar had been present at an expanded meeting to review the New Suez general strategic plan, in the presence of several ministerial officials and leaders of the New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA), along with the project’s consultancy group.