Seoul South Korea's military has recorded in biggest cluster of Covid-19 infections to date, with more than 80% of personnel aboard a navy destroyer on anti-piracy patrol in the Gulf of Aden testing positive. The country's Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Monday that just 50 of the ship's complement of 301 personnel had tested negative in an outbreak first reported on July 15. Authorities have begun an operation to airlift them home, while a replacement team will steer the vessel back. So far, South Korea has recorded 179,203 cases and 2,058 deaths. Some 31.4% of its 52 million population has received at least one vaccine dose, while 12.7% have been fully vaccinated.

Source: CNN July 19, 2021 04:52 UTC