Ambassador Antonio Vargas Hernández, director general of Multilateral Cooperation (Digecoom), on Friday, 27 March became the first high-level government official to die of the Covid-19 disease. He was in charge of the European Development Fund that handles European Union cooperation funds since 2012. He was a member of the Central Committee of the ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD). Public Health Minister Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas reported in his Saturday morning briefing that Vargas died of a heart attack when receiving medical attention at the Ramón de Lara Hospital.
A daughter of the couple complained that she learned of the passing of her father when it was reported by the Public Health Minister during his Saturday briefing.
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30 March 2020