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Emile Miango, 2, who has mpox, lies in the hospital, on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Kamituga, South Kivu province, which is the epicenter of the world’s latest outbreak of the disease in eastern Congo. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Emile Miango, 2, who has mpox, lies in the hospital, on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Kamituga, South Kivu province, which is the epicenter of the world’s latest outbreak of the disease in eastern Congo. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Olivier and Divine Wisoba walk by the grave of their daughter Maombi on Sept. 3, 2024. Maombi died of mpox, in Kamituga, South Kivu province, which is in eastern Congo and is the epicenter of the world’s latest outbreak of the disease. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Olivier and Divine Wisoba walk by the grave of their daughter Maombi on Sept. 3, 2024. Maombi died of mpox, in Kamituga, South Kivu province, which is in eastern Congo and is the epicenter of the world’s latest outbreak of the disease. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Atumisi Anaclet treats a sex worker with mpox on Sept. 4, 2024, in a hospital in Kamituga, in eastern Congo's South Kivu province, which is the epicenter of the world's latest outbreak of the disease. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Atumisi Anaclet treats a sex worker with mpox on Sept. 4, 2024, in a hospital in Kamituga, in eastern Congo's South Kivu province, which is the epicenter of the world's latest outbreak of the disease. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

The town of Kamituga, in South Kivu province in eastern Congo, considered the epicenter of the world's latest outbreak of mpox, is seen on Sept. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

The town of Kamituga, in South Kivu province in eastern Congo, considered the epicenter of the world's latest outbreak of mpox, is seen on Sept. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Gold miners at work on Sept. 5, 2024, in Kamituga in eastern Congo's South Kivu province, which is the epicenter of the world's latest outbreak of the disease. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Gold miners at work on Sept. 5, 2024, in Kamituga in eastern Congo's South Kivu province, which is the epicenter of the world's latest outbreak of the disease. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Divine WIsoba, whose daughter Maombi died of mpox, sits at home on Sept. 3, 2024, in Kamituga in eastern Congo's South Kivu province, which is the epicenter of the world's latest outbreak of the disease. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Divine WIsoba, whose daughter Maombi died of mpox, sits at home on Sept. 3, 2024, in Kamituga in eastern Congo's South Kivu province, which is the epicenter of the world's latest outbreak of the disease. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Gold miners at work in the town of Kamituga, in South Kivu province in eastern Congo, on Sept. 5, 2024. South Kivu is considered the epicenter of the world's latest outbreak of mpox. ( (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Gold miners at work in the town of Kamituga, in South Kivu province in eastern Congo, on Sept. 5, 2024. South Kivu is considered the epicenter of the world's latest outbreak of mpox. ( (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

A worker carries a shovel at the hospital in Kamituga, in South Kivu province in eastern Congo on Sept. 4, 2024. South Kivu is considered the epicenter of the world's latest outbreak of mpox. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

A worker carries a shovel at the hospital in Kamituga, in South Kivu province in eastern Congo on Sept. 4, 2024. South Kivu is considered the epicenter of the world's latest outbreak of mpox. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Gold miners at work on Sept. 5, 2024, in Kamituga in eastern Congo's South Kivu province, which is the epicenter of the world's latest outbreak of the disease. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Gold miners at work on Sept. 5, 2024, in Kamituga in eastern Congo's South Kivu province, which is the epicenter of the world's latest outbreak of the disease. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)