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South Korean gov’t apologizes over virus-stricken destroyer

South Korean Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum speaks during a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters at the government complex in Sejong, South Korea, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. Kim on Tuesday apologized for "failing to carefully take care of the health" of hundreds of sailors who contracted the coronavirus on a navy ship taking part in an anti-piracy mission off East Africa. (Kim Ju-hyung/Yonhap via AP) People watch a TV showing an image of South Korean service members wearing protective clothes disinfect inside the naval destroyer Munmu the Great during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. South Korea's prime minister on Tuesday apologized for "failing to carefully take care of the health" of hundreds of sailors who contracted the coronavirus on a navy ship taking part in an anti-piracy mission off East Africa. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2019, file photo, South Korean navy destroyer, the Munmu The Great, prepares to dock at the Manila South Harbor for a three-day port call off Manila, Philippines. South Korea said Sunday, July 18, 2021, it'll send military transport aircraft to bring back hundreds of sailors aboard the destroyer on an anti-piracy mission after nearly 70 of them tested positive for coronavirus. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)