FILE - 2 year old Emile Miango, who has mpox, lies in a hospital, in Kamituga, South Kivu province, Sept. 4, 2024, which is the epicenter of the world's latest outbreak of the disease in eastern Congo. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, file)

FILE - A man suffering from mpox poses for a photograph as he waits for treatment at the Kamituga General Hospital in South Kivu Congo, Sept. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, file )

FILE - Christophe Chavilinga, 90, waits for treatment for mpox at a clinic in Munigi in eastern Congo, Aug. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, file)

FILE - A health worker attends to a mpox patient, at a treatment centre in Munigi, eastern Congo, Aug. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, file )

FILE - A health worker attends to a mpox patient, at a treatment centre in Munigi, eastern Congo, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, file )