By LESLIE ANN G. AQUINO
An official of the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) has succumbed to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on Sunday.
The Labor department said DoLE Undersecretary Joji Aragon, 58, succumbed to cardiac arrest due to the dreaded COVID-19.
“It is believed that she contracted the virus following a procedure she underwent in the second week of December last year,” DoLE said in a statement.
The Labor department asked everyone to pray for the eternal repose of the soul of Usec. Aragon, head of their advocacy/productivity/legislative cluster.
“The entire DoLE family, headed by Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III, grieves her untimely demise,” said DoLE.
“Our deepest sympathies and condolences to her bereaved family,” it added.
