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VIRUS OUTBREAK CUOMO

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo arrives to testify before the House Oversight Select Subcommittee's hearing on the Coronavirus Pandemic, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

VIRUS OUTBREAK CUOMO

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo testifies before the House Oversight Select Subcommittee's hearing on the Coronavirus Pandemic, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

VIRUS OUTBREAK CUOMO

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is sworn in before testifying at the House Oversight Select Subcommittee's hearing on the Coronavirus Pandemic, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

VIRUS OUTBREAK CUOMO

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo testifies before the House Oversight Select Subcommittee's hearing on the Coronavirus Pandemic, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

VIRUS OUTBREAK CUOMO

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo testifies before the House Oversight Select Subcommittee's hearing on the Coronavirus Pandemic, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

VIRUS OUTBREAK CUOMO

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo testifies before the House Oversight Select Subcommittee's hearing on the Coronavirus Pandemic, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

VIRUS OUTBREAK CUOMO

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo testifies before the House Oversight Select Subcommittee's hearing on the Coronavirus Pandemic, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

VIRUS OUTBREAK CUOMO

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is sworn in before testifying at the House Oversight Select Subcommittee's hearing on the Coronavirus Pandemic, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

VIRUS OUTBREAK CUOMO

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is sworn in before testifying at the House Oversight Select Subcommittee's hearing on the Coronavirus Pandemic, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

VIRUS OUTBREAK CUOMO

FILE - Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo listens to remarks while attending a meeting, March 17, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

HAEMAGGLUTININ FROM H3N2 INFLUENZA VIRUS, ILLUSTRATION

Illustration of the haemagglutinin (H) surface glycoprotein from a H3N2 influenza virus that was part of the Hong Kong Flu pandemic of 1968-1969. Haemagglutinin binds the virus to the host cell membrane before it enters the cell. H3N2 viruses are able to infect birds and mammals as well as humans. They often cause more severe infections in the young and elderly than other flu strains and can lead to increases in hospitalisations and deaths. The Hong Kong Flu pandemic of 1968-1969 killed approximately one million worldwide. (KEYSTONE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/FRANCISCO J. ENGUITA)

MPOX VIRUS PARTICLES, TEM

Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of mpox virus particles (pink) isolated after being grown in cell culture. In humans, infection with mpox causes fever, fatigue, aching, swollen glands and a rash of fluid-filled blisters. Transmission can occur through direct contact with infectious skin or other lesions, bites or scratches from infected animals, or indirectly through contact with contaminated objects. The mpox virus was first discovered in 1958 in two outbreaks of a pox-like disease among colonies of research monkeys, though small mammals such as rodents are believed to be the natural hosts. The first human case was recorded in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and it is endemic in central and western Africa. Cases can be fatal, but most people recover from mpox infection within 2-4 weeks, and a vaccine is available. (KEYSTONE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH)

MPOX VIRUS PARTICLES, TEM

Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of mpox virus particles (green) isolated after being grown in cell culture. In humans, infection with mpox causes fever, fatigue, aching, swollen glands and a rash of fluid-filled blisters. Transmission can occur through direct contact with infectious skin or other lesions, bites or scratches from infected animals, or indirectly through contact with contaminated objects. The mpox virus was first discovered in 1958 in two outbreaks of a pox-like disease among colonies of research monkeys, though small mammals such as rodents are believed to be the natural hosts. The first human case was recorded in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and it is endemic in central and western Africa. Cases can be fatal, but most people recover from mpox infection within 2-4 weeks, and a vaccine is available. (KEYSTONE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/NIAID/NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH)

MPOX VIRUS PARTICLES, TEM

Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of mpox virus particles (orange) within cultured monkey cells (brown). The virus particles are different shapes and sizes as they are in different stages of maturity. In humans, infection with mpox causes fever, fatigue, aching, swollen glands and a rash of fluid-filled blisters. Transmission can occur through direct contact with infectious skin or other lesions, bites or scratches from infected animals, or indirectly through contact with contaminated objects. The mpox virus was first discovered in 1958 in two outbreaks of a pox-like disease among colonies of research monkeys, though small mammals such as rodents are believed to be the natural hosts. The first human case was recorded in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and it is endemic in central and western Africa. Cases can be fatal, but most people recover from mpox infection within 2-4 weeks, and a vaccine is available. (KEYSTONE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH)

MPOX VIRUS PARTICLES, TEM

Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of mpox virus particles (green) within cultured monkey cells (blue). The virus particles are different shapes and sizes as they are in different stages of maturity. In humans, infection with mpox causes fever, fatigue, aching, swollen glands and a rash of fluid-filled blisters. Transmission can occur through direct contact with infectious skin or other lesions, bites or scratches from infected animals, or indirectly through contact with contaminated objects. The mpox virus was first discovered in 1958 in two outbreaks of a pox-like disease among colonies of research monkeys, though small mammals such as rodents are believed to be the natural hosts. The first human case was recorded in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and it is endemic in central and western Africa. Cases can be fatal, but most people recover from mpox infection within 2-4 weeks, and a vaccine is available. (KEYSTONE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/NIAID/NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH)

MOSQUITO VIRUS NEW HAMPSHIRE

FILE ? A Cattail mosquito is held up for inspection Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, at the Maine Medical Center Research Institute, in South Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach, File)

NAHAUFNAHME EINER PERSON, DIE IM FREIEN EINEN BLAUEN INHALATOR BENUTZT

Nahaufnahme einer Person, die im Freien einen blauen Inhalator benutzt (KEYSTONE/CHROMORANGE/Antony Robinson)

KENYA-UGANDA-HEALTH-VIRUS-MPOX

General view of trucks transporting goods to Uganda queue on the road leading to the Malaba One Stop Border Post, a border crossing point between Kenya and Uganda in Malaba western Kenya on August 20, 2024. The resurgence of mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), carried by clade 1b which also affects Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda, prompted the WHO to declare a public health emergency of international concern on August 14, the highest level of health alert..The WHO had already taken such a decision in 2022 when an epidemic of mpox, then carried by clade 2b, had spread across the world. The alert was lifted in May 2023. Formerly called monkeypox, the virus was discovered in 1958 in Denmark, in monkeys bred for research. Then in 1970 for the first time in humans in what is now the DRC (formerly Zaire), previously known as the Congo Basin clade then as clade 1, and now clade 1a following the recent discovery of variant 1b in the DRC. (Photo by Brian ONGORO / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/BRIAN ONGORO)

KENYA-UGANDA-HEALTH-VIRUS-MPOX

General view of trucks transporting goods to Uganda queue on the road leading to the Malaba One Stop Border Post, a border crossing point between Kenya and Uganda in Malaba western Kenya on August 20, 2024. The resurgence of mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), carried by clade 1b which also affects Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda, prompted the WHO to declare a public health emergency of international concern on August 14, the highest level of health alert..The WHO had already taken such a decision in 2022 when an epidemic of mpox, then carried by clade 2b, had spread across the world. The alert was lifted in May 2023. Formerly called monkeypox, the virus was discovered in 1958 in Denmark, in monkeys bred for research. Then in 1970 for the first time in humans in what is now the DRC (formerly Zaire), previously known as the Congo Basin clade then as clade 1, and now clade 1a following the recent discovery of variant 1b in the DRC. (Photo by Brian ONGORO / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/BRIAN ONGORO)

KENYA-UGANDA-HEALTH-VIRUS-MPOX

A general view of Malaba One Stop Border Post in Malaba, western Kenya on August 20, 2024. . The resurgence of mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), carried by clade 1b which also affects Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda, prompted the WHO to declare a public health emergency of international concern on August 14, the highest level of health alert..The WHO had already taken such a decision in 2022 when an epidemic of mpox, then carried by clade 2b, had spread across the world. The alert was lifted in May 2023. Formerly called monkeypox, the virus was discovered in 1958 in Denmark, in monkeys bred for research. Then in 1970 for the first time in humans in what is now the DRC (formerly Zaire), previously known as the Congo Basin clade then as clade 1, and now clade 1a following the recent discovery of variant 1b in the DRC. (Photo by Brian ONGORO / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/BRIAN ONGORO)

KENYA-UGANDA-HEALTH-VIRUS-MPOX

A port health officer screens travellers at Malaba One Stop Border Post, a border crossing point between Kenya and Uganda in Malaba, western Kenya on August 20, 2024. The resurgence of mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), carried by clade 1b which also affects Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda, prompted the WHO to declare a public health emergency of international concern on August 14, the highest level of health alert..The WHO had already taken such a decision in 2022 when an epidemic of mpox, then carried by clade 2b, had spread across the world. The alert was lifted in May 2023. Formerly called monkeypox, the virus was discovered in 1958 in Denmark, in monkeys bred for research. Then in 1970 for the first time in humans in what is now the DRC (formerly Zaire), previously known as the Congo Basin clade then as clade 1, and now clade 1a following the recent discovery of variant 1b in the DRC. (Photo by Brian ONGORO / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/BRIAN ONGORO)

KENYA-UGANDA-HEALTH-VIRUS-MPOX

A port health officer screens travellers at Malaba One Stop Border Post, a border crossing point between Kenya and Uganda in Malaba, western Kenya on August 20, 2024. The resurgence of mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), carried by clade 1b which also affects Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda, prompted the WHO to declare a public health emergency of international concern on August 14, the highest level of health alert..The WHO had already taken such a decision in 2022 when an epidemic of mpox, then carried by clade 2b, had spread across the world. The alert was lifted in May 2023. Formerly called monkeypox, the virus was discovered in 1958 in Denmark, in monkeys bred for research. Then in 1970 for the first time in humans in what is now the DRC (formerly Zaire), previously known as the Congo Basin clade then as clade 1, and now clade 1a following the recent discovery of variant 1b in the DRC. (Photo by Brian ONGORO / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/BRIAN ONGORO)

KENYA-UGANDA-HEALTH-VIRUS-MPOX

A port health officer screens travellers at Malaba One Stop Border Post, a border crossing point between Kenya and Uganda in Malaba, western Kenya on August 20, 2024. The resurgence of mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), carried by clade 1b which also affects Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda, prompted the WHO to declare a public health emergency of international concern on August 14, the highest level of health alert..The WHO had already taken such a decision in 2022 when an epidemic of mpox, then carried by clade 2b, had spread across the world. The alert was lifted in May 2023. Formerly called monkeypox, the virus was discovered in 1958 in Denmark, in monkeys bred for research. Then in 1970 for the first time in humans in what is now the DRC (formerly Zaire), previously known as the Congo Basin clade then as clade 1, and now clade 1a following the recent discovery of variant 1b in the DRC. (Photo by Brian ONGORO / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/BRIAN ONGORO)

KENYA-UGANDA-HEALTH-VIRUS-MPOX

A port health officer gives an all clear to a traveller at Malaba One Stop Border Post, a border crossing point between Kenya and Uganda in Malaba, western Kenya on August 20, 2024. The resurgence of mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), carried by clade 1b which also affects Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda, prompted the WHO to declare a public health emergency of international concern on August 14, the highest level of health alert..The WHO had already taken such a decision in 2022 when an epidemic of mpox, then carried by clade 2b, had spread across the world. The alert was lifted in May 2023. Formerly called monkeypox, the virus was discovered in 1958 in Denmark, in monkeys bred for research. Then in 1970 for the first time in humans in what is now the DRC (formerly Zaire), previously known as the Congo Basin clade then as clade 1, and now clade 1a following the recent discovery of variant 1b in the DRC. (Photo by Brian ONGORO / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/BRIAN ONGORO)

KENYA-UGANDA-HEALTH-VIRUS-MPOX

Travellers wash their hands at Malaba One Stop Border Post, a border crossing point between Kenya and Uganda in Malaba, western Kenya on August 20, 2024. The resurgence of mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), carried by clade 1b which also affects Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda, prompted the WHO to declare a public health emergency of international concern on August 14, the highest level of health alert..The WHO had already taken such a decision in 2022 when an epidemic of mpox, then carried by clade 2b, had spread across the world. The alert was lifted in May 2023. Formerly called monkeypox, the virus was discovered in 1958 in Denmark, in monkeys bred for research. Then in 1970 for the first time in humans in what is now the DRC (formerly Zaire), previously known as the Congo Basin clade then as clade 1, and now clade 1a following the recent discovery of variant 1b in the DRC. (Photo by Brian ONGORO / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/BRIAN ONGORO)

PAKISTAN MPOX WARD

epa11556402 Hospital staff works at a ward at the Police & Services Hospital, which has been converted to be used as an isolation ward for MPOX patients, in Peshawar, the provincial capital of KPK province, Pakistan, 20 August 2024. Health officials in Pakistan have confirmed that a recent case of the mpox virus is classified as Clade 2b, distinct from the Clade 1b strain currently spreading in Africa. The World Health Organization has declared the rise in mpox cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring countries a public health emergency, with over 27,000 cases and more than 1,100 deaths reported since January 2023. Symptoms include fever, body aches, and rashes, and while there is no specific treatment for mpox, supportive care can aid recovery. The virus spreads through close contact with infected individuals and can persist on contaminated surfaces. EPA/ARSHAD ARBAB

PAKISTAN MPOX WARD

epa11556400 Hospital staff works at a ward at the Police & Services Hospital, which has been converted to be used as an isolation ward for MPOX patients, in Peshawar, the provincial capital of KPK province, Pakistan, 20 August 2024. Health officials in Pakistan have confirmed that a recent case of the mpox virus is classified as Clade 2b, distinct from the Clade 1b strain currently spreading in Africa. The World Health Organization has declared the rise in mpox cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring countries a public health emergency, with over 27,000 cases and more than 1,100 deaths reported since January 2023. Symptoms include fever, body aches, and rashes, and while there is no specific treatment for mpox, supportive care can aid recovery. The virus spreads through close contact with infected individuals and can persist on contaminated surfaces. EPA/ARSHAD ARBAB

PAKISTAN MPOX WARD

epa11556401 Hospital staff work at a ward at the Police & Services Hospital, which has been converted to be used as an isolation ward for MPOX patients, in Peshawar, the provincial capital of KPK province, Pakistan, 20 August 2024. Health officials in Pakistan have confirmed that a recent case of the mpox virus is classified as Clade 2b, distinct from the Clade 1b strain currently spreading in Africa. The World Health Organization has declared the rise in mpox cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring countries a public health emergency, with over 27,000 cases and more than 1,100 deaths reported since January 2023. Symptoms include fever, body aches, and rashes, and while there is no specific treatment for mpox, supportive care can aid recovery. The virus spreads through close contact with infected individuals and can persist on contaminated surfaces. EPA/ARSHAD ARBAB

PAKISTAN MPOX WARD

epa11556397 Hospital staff works at a ward at the Police & Services Hospital, which has been converted to be used as an isolation ward for MPOX patients, in Peshawar, the provincial capital of KPK province, Pakistan, 20 August 2024. Health officials in Pakistan have confirmed that a recent case of the mpox virus is classified as Clade 2b, distinct from the Clade 1b strain currently spreading in Africa. The World Health Organization has declared the rise in mpox cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring countries a public health emergency, with over 27,000 cases and more than 1,100 deaths reported since January 2023. Symptoms include fever, body aches, and rashes, and while there is no specific treatment for mpox, supportive care can aid recovery. The virus spreads through close contact with infected individuals and can persist on contaminated surfaces. EPA/ARSHAD ARBAB

PAKISTAN MPOX WARD

epa11556398 A man passes by a ward at the Police & Services Hospital, which has been converted to be used as an isolation ward for MPOX patients, in Peshawar, the provincial capital of KPK province, Pakistan, 20 August 2024. Health officials in Pakistan have confirmed that a recent case of the mpox virus is classified as Clade 2b, distinct from the Clade 1b strain currently spreading in Africa. The World Health Organization has declared the rise in mpox cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring countries a public health emergency, with over 27,000 cases and more than 1,100 deaths reported since January 2023. Symptoms include fever, body aches, and rashes, and while there is no specific treatment for mpox, supportive care can aid recovery. The virus spreads through close contact with infected individuals and can persist on contaminated surfaces. EPA/ARSHAD ARBAB

PAKISTAN MPOX WARD

epa11556399 Hospital staff works at a ward at the Police & Services Hospital, which has been converted to be used as an isolation ward for MPOX patients, in Peshawar, the provincial capital of KPK province, Pakistan, 20 August 2024. Health officials in Pakistan have confirmed that a recent case of the mpox virus is classified as Clade 2b, distinct from the Clade 1b strain currently spreading in Africa. The World Health Organization has declared the rise in mpox cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring countries a public health emergency, with over 27,000 cases and more than 1,100 deaths reported since January 2023. Symptoms include fever, body aches, and rashes, and while there is no specific treatment for mpox, supportive care can aid recovery. The virus spreads through close contact with infected individuals and can persist on contaminated surfaces. EPA/ARSHAD ARBAB

PAKISTAN MPOX WARD

epa11556395 Hospital staff works at a ward at the Police & Services Hospital, which has been converted to be used as an isolation ward for MPOX patients, in Peshawar, the provincial capital of KPK province, Pakistan, 20 August 2024. Health officials in Pakistan have confirmed that a recent case of the mpox virus is classified as Clade 2b, distinct from the Clade 1b strain currently spreading in Africa. The World Health Organization has declared the rise in mpox cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring countries a public health emergency, with over 27,000 cases and more than 1,100 deaths reported since January 2023. Symptoms include fever, body aches, and rashes, and while there is no specific treatment for mpox, supportive care can aid recovery. The virus spreads through close contact with infected individuals and can persist on contaminated surfaces. EPA/ARSHAD ARBAB

PAKISTAN MPOX WARD

epa11556394 Hospital staff work at a ward at the Police & Services Hospital, which has been converted to be used as an isolation ward for MPOX patients, in Peshawar, the provincial capital of KPK province, Pakistan, 20 August 2024. Health officials in Pakistan have confirmed that a recent case of the mpox virus is classified as Clade 2b, distinct from the Clade 1b strain currently spreading in Africa. The World Health Organization has declared the rise in mpox cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring countries a public health emergency, with over 27,000 cases and more than 1,100 deaths reported since January 2023. Symptoms include fever, body aches, and rashes, and while there is no specific treatment for mpox, supportive care can aid recovery. The virus spreads through close contact with infected individuals and can persist on contaminated surfaces. EPA/ARSHAD ARBAB

PAKISTAN MPOX WARD

epa11556396 Hospital staff work at a ward at the Police & Services Hospital, which has been converted to be used as an isolation ward for MPOX patients, in Peshawar, the provincial capital of KPK province, Pakistan, 20 August 2024. Health officials in Pakistan have confirmed that a recent case of the mpox virus is classified as Clade 2b, distinct from the Clade 1b strain currently spreading in Africa. The World Health Organization has declared the rise in mpox cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring countries a public health emergency, with over 27,000 cases and more than 1,100 deaths reported since January 2023. Symptoms include fever, body aches, and rashes, and while there is no specific treatment for mpox, supportive care can aid recovery. The virus spreads through close contact with infected individuals and can persist on contaminated surfaces. EPA/ARSHAD ARBAB

PAKISTAN MPOX WARD

epa11556393 Hospital staff works at a ward at the Police & Services Hospital, which has been converted to be used as an isolation ward for MPOX patients, in Peshawar, the provincial capital of KPK province, Pakistan, 20 August 2024. Health officials in Pakistan have confirmed that a recent case of the mpox virus is classified as Clade 2b, distinct from the Clade 1b strain currently spreading in Africa. The World Health Organization has declared the rise in mpox cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring countries a public health emergency, with over 27,000 cases and more than 1,100 deaths reported since January 2023. Symptoms include fever, body aches, and rashes, and while there is no specific treatment for mpox, supportive care can aid recovery. The virus spreads through close contact with infected individuals and can persist on contaminated surfaces. EPA/ARSHAD ARBAB

PAKISTAN MPOX WARD

epa11556391 Hospital staff works at a ward at the Police & Services Hospital, which has been converted to be used as an isolation ward for MPOX patients, in Peshawar, the provincial capital of KPK province, Pakistan, 20 August 2024. Health officials in Pakistan have confirmed that a recent case of the mpox virus is classified as Clade 2b, distinct from the Clade 1b strain currently spreading in Africa. The World Health Organization has declared the rise in mpox cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring countries a public health emergency, with over 27,000 cases and more than 1,100 deaths reported since January 2023. Symptoms include fever, body aches, and rashes, and while there is no specific treatment for mpox, supportive care can aid recovery. The virus spreads through close contact with infected individuals and can persist on contaminated surfaces. EPA/ARSHAD ARBAB

PAKISTAN MPOX WARD

epa11556392 Hospital staff work at a ward at the Police & Services Hospital, which has been converted to be used as an isolation ward for MPOX patients, in Peshawar, the provincial capital of KPK province, Pakistan, 20 August 2024. Health officials in Pakistan have confirmed that a recent case of the mpox virus is classified as Clade 2b, distinct from the Clade 1b strain currently spreading in Africa. The World Health Organization has declared the rise in mpox cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring countries a public health emergency, with over 27,000 cases and more than 1,100 deaths reported since January 2023. Symptoms include fever, body aches, and rashes, and while there is no specific treatment for mpox, supportive care can aid recovery. The virus spreads through close contact with infected individuals and can persist on contaminated surfaces. EPA/ARSHAD ARBAB

TOPSHOT-PAKISTAN-HEALTH-VIRUS-MPOX

TOPSHOT - A worker cleans the floor of an isolation ward prepared for mpox patients at the Police and Services hospital in Peshawar on August 20, 2024. A case of mpox in Pakistan announced last week was not the new strain spreading through Africa, health officials said on August 19. (Photo by Abdul MAJEED / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/ABDUL MAJEED)

PAKISTAN-HEALTH-VIRUS-MPOX

A poster indicating an isolation ward, prepared for mpox patients, is seen at the Police and Services hospital in Peshawar on August 20, 2024. A case of mpox in Pakistan announced last week was not the new strain spreading through Africa, health officials said on August 19. (Photo by Abdul MAJEED / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/ABDUL MAJEED)

PAKISTAN-HEALTH-VIRUS-MPOX

A poster indicating an isolation ward, prepared for mpox patients, is seen at the Police and Services hospital in Peshawar on August 20, 2024. A case of mpox in Pakistan announced last week was not the new strain spreading through Africa, health officials said on August 19. (Photo by Abdul MAJEED / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/ABDUL MAJEED)

PAKISTAN-HEALTH-VIRUS-MPOX

A health worker install a poster indicating an isolation ward prepared for mpox patients at the Police and Services hospital in Peshawar on August 20, 2024. A case of mpox in Pakistan announced last week was not the new strain spreading through Africa, health officials said on August 19. (Photo by Abdul MAJEED / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/ABDUL MAJEED)

PAKISTAN-HEALTH-VIRUS-MPOX

A worker cleans the floor of an isolation ward prepared for mpox patients at the Police and Services hospital in Peshawar on August 20, 2024. A case of mpox in Pakistan announced last week was not the new strain spreading through Africa, health officials said on August 19. (Photo by Abdul MAJEED / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/ABDUL MAJEED)

PAKISTAN-HEALTH-VIRUS-MPOX

A worker cleans the floor of an isolation ward prepared for mpox patients at the Police and Services hospital in Peshawar on August 20, 2024. A case of mpox in Pakistan announced last week was not the new strain spreading through Africa, health officials said on August 19. (Photo by Abdul MAJEED / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/ABDUL MAJEED)

PAKISTAN-HEALTH-VIRUS-MPOX

A health worker prepares an isolation ward for mpox patients at the Police and Services hospital in Peshawar on August 20, 2024. A case of mpox in Pakistan announced last week was not the new strain spreading through Africa, health officials said on August 19. (Photo by Abdul MAJEED / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/ABDUL MAJEED)

PAKISTAN-HEALTH-VIRUS-MPOX

Health workers prepare an isolation ward for mpox patients at the Police and Services hospital in Peshawar on August 20, 2024. A case of mpox in Pakistan announced last week was not the new strain spreading through Africa, health officials said on August 19. (Photo by Abdul MAJEED / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/ABDUL MAJEED)

PAKISTAN-HEALTH-VIRUS-MPOX

Health workers prepare an isolation ward for mpox patients at the Police and Services hospital in Peshawar on August 20, 2024. A case of mpox in Pakistan announced last week was not the new strain spreading through Africa, health officials said on August 19. (Photo by Abdul MAJEED / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/ABDUL MAJEED)

DRCONGO-HEALTH-MPOX

Democratic Republic of Congo Health minister Samuel-Roger Kamba addresses a press conference in Kinshasa on August 19, 2024. Cases of the mpox virus are rising in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as the central African country awaits vaccines from the United States and Japan, the health minister said on Monday.."We are talking about a continental emergency," Health Minister Samuel-Roger Kamba told a press briefing as the World Health Organisation (WHO) called on affected countries to step up vaccination programmes to counter a more deadly strain of mpox. DRC has registered 16,700 mpox cases and "a little more than 570" deaths since the start of the year, Kamba said. (Photo by Hardy_Bope / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/HARDY_BOPE)

DRCONGO-HEALTH-MPOX

Democratic Republic of Congo Health minister Samuel-Roger Kamba addresses a press conference in Kinshasa on August 19, 2024. Cases of the mpox virus are rising in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as the central African country awaits vaccines from the United States and Japan, the health minister said on Monday.."We are talking about a continental emergency," Health Minister Samuel-Roger Kamba told a press briefing as the World Health Organisation (WHO) called on affected countries to step up vaccination programmes to counter a more deadly strain of mpox. DRC has registered 16,700 mpox cases and "a little more than 570" deaths since the start of the year, Kamba said. (Photo by Hardy_Bope / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/HARDY_BOPE)

DRCONGO-HEALTH-MPOX

Democratic Republic of Congo Health minister Samuel-Roger Kamba addresses a press conference in Kinshasa on August 19, 2024. Cases of the mpox virus are rising in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as the central African country awaits vaccines from the United States and Japan, the health minister said on Monday.."We are talking about a continental emergency," Health Minister Samuel-Roger Kamba told a press briefing as the World Health Organisation (WHO) called on affected countries to step up vaccination programmes to counter a more deadly strain of mpox. DRC has registered 16,700 mpox cases and "a little more than 570" deaths since the start of the year, Kamba said. (Photo by Hardy_Bope / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/HARDY_BOPE)

DRCONGO-HEALTH-MPOX

Democratic Republic of Congo Health minister Samuel-Roger Kamba addresses a press conference in Kinshasa on August 19, 2024. Cases of the mpox virus are rising in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as the central African country awaits vaccines from the United States and Japan, the health minister said on Monday.."We are talking about a continental emergency," Health Minister Samuel-Roger Kamba told a press briefing as the World Health Organisation (WHO) called on affected countries to step up vaccination programmes to counter a more deadly strain of mpox. DRC has registered 16,700 mpox cases and "a little more than 570" deaths since the start of the year, Kamba said. (Photo by Hardy_Bope / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/HARDY_BOPE)

TOPSHOT-DRCONGO-HEALTH-MPOX

TOPSHOT - Democratic Republic of Congo Health minister Samuel-Roger Kamba addresses a press conference in Kinshasa on August 19, 2024. Cases of the mpox virus are rising in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as the central African country awaits vaccines from the United States and Japan, the health minister said on Monday.."We are talking about a continental emergency," Health Minister Samuel-Roger Kamba told a press briefing as the World Health Organisation (WHO) called on affected countries to step up vaccination programmes to counter a more deadly strain of mpox. DRC has registered 16,700 mpox cases and "a little more than 570" deaths since the start of the year, Kamba said. (Photo by Hardy_Bope / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/HARDY_BOPE)

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Democratic Republic of Congo Health minister Samuel-Roger Kamba addresses a press conference in Kinshasa on August 19, 2024. Cases of the mpox virus are rising in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as the central African country awaits vaccines from the United States and Japan, the health minister said on Monday.."We are talking about a continental emergency," Health Minister Samuel-Roger Kamba told a press briefing as the World Health Organisation (WHO) called on affected countries to step up vaccination programmes to counter a more deadly strain of mpox. DRC has registered 16,700 mpox cases and "a little more than 570" deaths since the start of the year, Kamba said. (Photo by Hardy_Bope / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/HARDY_BOPE)

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TOPSHOT - Patients listen to a doctor outside the consultation room of the Mpox treatment centre at Nyiragongo General Referral Hospital, north of Goma on August 17, 2024. With around 16,000 cases recorded since the beginning of the year, the DRC is the focus and epicentre of the epidemic that led the World Health Organisation (WHO) to trigger its highest level of alert at the international level on Wednesday. The province of South Kivu records around 350 new cases per week, according to Dr Justin Bengehya, epidemiologist at the provincial health division of South Kivu. Goma, capital of the province of North Kivu, almost surrounded by an armed rebellion and where hundreds of thousands of displaced people are crammed into makeshift camps, fears a large-scale spread due to promiscuity. (Photo by GUERCHOM NDEBO / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/GUERCHOM NDEBO)

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A health worker carries a tray at the Mpox treatment centre at Nyiragongo General Referral Hospital, north of Goma on August 17, 2024. With around 16,000 cases recorded since the beginning of the year, the DRC is the focus and epicentre of the epidemic that led the World Health Organisation (WHO) to trigger its highest level of alert at the international level on Wednesday. The province of South Kivu records around 350 new cases per week, according to Dr Justin Bengehya, epidemiologist at the provincial health division of South Kivu. Goma, capital of the province of North Kivu, almost surrounded by an armed rebellion and where hundreds of thousands of displaced people are crammed into makeshift camps, fears a large-scale spread due to promiscuity. (Photo by GUERCHOM NDEBO / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/GUERCHOM NDEBO)

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A child looks on as health workers walk by at the Mpox treatment centre at Nyiragongo General Referral Hospital, north of Goma on August 17, 2024. With around 16,000 cases recorded since the beginning of the year, the DRC is the focus and epicentre of the epidemic that led the World Health Organisation (WHO) to trigger its highest level of alert at the international level on Wednesday. The province of South Kivu records around 350 new cases per week, according to Dr Justin Bengehya, epidemiologist at the provincial health division of South Kivu. Goma, capital of the province of North Kivu, almost surrounded by an armed rebellion and where hundreds of thousands of displaced people are crammed into makeshift camps, fears a large-scale spread due to promiscuity. (Photo by GUERCHOM NDEBO / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/GUERCHOM NDEBO)

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Health workers collect samples for testing at the Mpox treatment centre at Nyiragongo General Referral Hospital, north of Goma on August 17, 2024. With around 16,000 cases recorded since the beginning of the year, the DRC is the focus and epicentre of the epidemic that led the World Health Organisation (WHO) to trigger its highest level of alert at the international level on Wednesday. The province of South Kivu records around 350 new cases per week, according to Dr Justin Bengehya, epidemiologist at the provincial health division of South Kivu. Goma, capital of the province of North Kivu, almost surrounded by an armed rebellion and where hundreds of thousands of displaced people are crammed into makeshift camps, fears a large-scale spread due to promiscuity. (Photo by GUERCHOM NDEBO / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/GUERCHOM NDEBO)

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Patients listen to a doctor outside the consultation room of the Mpox treatment centre at Nyiragongo General Referral Hospital, north of Goma on August 17, 2024. With around 16,000 cases recorded since the beginning of the year, the DRC is the focus and epicentre of the epidemic that led the World Health Organisation (WHO) to trigger its highest level of alert at the international level on Wednesday. The province of South Kivu records around 350 new cases per week, according to Dr Justin Bengehya, epidemiologist at the provincial health division of South Kivu. Goma, capital of the province of North Kivu, almost surrounded by an armed rebellion and where hundreds of thousands of displaced people are crammed into makeshift camps, fears a large-scale spread due to promiscuity. (Photo by GUERCHOM NDEBO / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/GUERCHOM NDEBO)

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Health workers monitor Mpox patients at the Mpox treatment centre at Nyiragongo General Referral Hospital, north of Goma on August 17, 2024. With around 16,000 cases recorded since the beginning of the year, the DRC is the focus and epicentre of the epidemic that led the World Health Organisation (WHO) to trigger its highest level of alert at the international level on Wednesday. The province of South Kivu records around 350 new cases per week, according to Dr Justin Bengehya, epidemiologist at the provincial health division of South Kivu. Goma, capital of the province of North Kivu, almost surrounded by an armed rebellion and where hundreds of thousands of displaced people are crammed into makeshift camps, fears a large-scale spread due to promiscuity. (Photo by GUERCHOM NDEBO / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/GUERCHOM NDEBO)

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A patient has his temperature taken at the Mpox treatment centre at Nyiragongo General Referral Hospital, north of Goma on August 17, 2024. With around 16,000 cases recorded since the beginning of the year, the DRC is the focus and epicentre of the epidemic that led the World Health Organisation (WHO) to trigger its highest level of alert at the international level on Wednesday. The province of South Kivu records around 350 new cases per week, according to Dr Justin Bengehya, epidemiologist at the provincial health division of South Kivu. Goma, capital of the province of North Kivu, almost surrounded by an armed rebellion and where hundreds of thousands of displaced people are crammed into makeshift camps, fears a large-scale spread due to promiscuity. (Photo by GUERCHOM NDEBO / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/GUERCHOM NDEBO)

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A child his helped by her mother as a health worker looks on at the Mpox treatment centre at Nyiragongo General Referral Hospital, north of Goma on August 17, 2024. With around 16,000 cases recorded since the beginning of the year, the DRC is the focus and epicentre of the epidemic that led the World Health Organisation (WHO) to trigger its highest level of alert at the international level on Wednesday. The province of South Kivu records around 350 new cases per week, according to Dr Justin Bengehya, epidemiologist at the provincial health division of South Kivu. Goma, capital of the province of North Kivu, almost surrounded by an armed rebellion and where hundreds of thousands of displaced people are crammed into makeshift camps, fears a large-scale spread due to promiscuity. (Photo by GUERCHOM NDEBO / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/GUERCHOM NDEBO)

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TOPSHOT - Patients wait for their turn to be seen by a doctor outside a consultation room at the Mpox treatment centre at Nyiragongo General Referral Hospital, north of Goma on August 17, 2024. With around 16,000 cases recorded since the beginning of the year, the DRC is the focus and epicentre of the epidemic that led the World Health Organisation (WHO) to trigger its highest level of alert at the international level on Wednesday. The province of South Kivu records around 350 new cases per week, according to Dr Justin Bengehya, epidemiologist at the provincial health division of South Kivu. Goma, capital of the province of North Kivu, almost surrounded by an armed rebellion and where hundreds of thousands of displaced people are crammed into makeshift camps, fears a large-scale spread due to promiscuity. (Photo by GUERCHOM NDEBO / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/GUERCHOM NDEBO)

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TOPSHOT - A patient has a saliva smple taken for testing at the Mpox treatment centre at Nyiragongo General Referral Hospital, north of Goma on August 17, 2024. With around 16,000 cases recorded since the beginning of the year, the DRC is the focus and epicentre of the epidemic that led the World Health Organisation (WHO) to trigger its highest level of alert at the international level on Wednesday. The province of South Kivu records around 350 new cases per week, according to Dr Justin Bengehya, epidemiologist at the provincial health division of South Kivu. Goma, capital of the province of North Kivu, almost surrounded by an armed rebellion and where hundreds of thousands of displaced people are crammed into makeshift camps, fears a large-scale spread due to promiscuity. (Photo by GUERCHOM NDEBO / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/GUERCHOM NDEBO)

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TOPSHOT - A patient is tested at the Mpox treatment centre at Nyiragongo General Referral Hospital, north of Goma on August 17, 2024. With around 16,000 cases recorded since the beginning of the year, the DRC is the focus and epicentre of the epidemic that led the World Health Organisation (WHO) to trigger its highest level of alert at the international level on Wednesday. The province of South Kivu records around 350 new cases per week, according to Dr Justin Bengehya, epidemiologist at the provincial health division of South Kivu. Goma, capital of the province of North Kivu, almost surrounded by an armed rebellion and where hundreds of thousands of displaced people are crammed into makeshift camps, fears a large-scale spread due to promiscuity. (Photo by GUERCHOM NDEBO / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/GUERCHOM NDEBO)

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A patient has a saliva smple taken for testing at the Mpox treatment centre at Nyiragongo General Referral Hospital, north of Goma on August 17, 2024. With around 16,000 cases recorded since the beginning of the year, the DRC is the focus and epicentre of the epidemic that led the World Health Organisation (WHO) to trigger its highest level of alert at the international level on Wednesday. The province of South Kivu records around 350 new cases per week, according to Dr Justin Bengehya, epidemiologist at the provincial health division of South Kivu. Goma, capital of the province of North Kivu, almost surrounded by an armed rebellion and where hundreds of thousands of displaced people are crammed into makeshift camps, fears a large-scale spread due to promiscuity. (Photo by GUERCHOM NDEBO / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/GUERCHOM NDEBO)