UK business minister tested for COVID-19 after lawmakers return to parliament

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The Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP
Alok Sharma was appointed Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on 13 February 2020. He was also appointed Minister for COP 26 , the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, on the same date.
 
More than 50,000 people in Britain have died of the disease, the worst death toll in Europe, and Prime Minister Boris Johnson spent several days in intensive care in early April after contracting it.

During April and May, legislators could vote remotely, but on Tuesday the government ended the arrangement, angering parliamentarians across all parties.
 
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