The DRC has reported more than 30,000 suspected and laboratory-confirmed mpox cases this year.
In other mpox developments, Africa CDC noted a worrying rise in Kinshasa and the WHO listed the first mpox test for emergency use.
The CDC reports just 2 new measles cases, raising the national total this year to 264.
The pledge came with at least $500 million in outbreak support, along with a plan to help bolster the domestic mpox vaccine supply.
The agreement, using a new emergency funding mechanism, would secure 500,000 doses for delivery in 2024.
No one who was vaccinated was hospitalized with the viral disease.
The patient is a 66-year-old European man who had arrived in Thailand last week from an unspecified African country.
The report contains temporary recommendations, such as regulatory consideration of mpox vaccine approval and planning for vaccine campaigns.
The group meets on August 14 to assess the emerging complex situation in the African region.
Only 5% of Americans are worried about contracting mpox in the next 3 months.
The European region has so far reported 19 imported Oropouche virus infections, and the virus has recently been linked to severe fetal outcomes.
Though the risk remains very low, the CDC and state partners continue to look for the clade, including in wastewater samples.
The trial will also assess if vaccinated individuals who contract mpox have more mild courses of illness.
South Africa is experiencing its first spike in clade 2 mpox detections since 2022, and outbreak findings suggest ongoing community spread.
If the country can tap vaccine donations, the tool could help the country battle its surge in novel clade 1 cases.
South Africa has identified 6 new mpox cases in an outbreak that began in late May.
Thirty-nine percent of all California mpox cases occurred in Los Angeles County.
Illnesses have now been reported in 23 of the country's 26 provinces, with the virus causing the heaviest burden in children.
Though data reflect ongoing low-level transmission in multiple regions, the WHO said reduced reporting may underestimate illness levels.
Children have accounted for the major portion of cases and deaths in an ongoing mpox outbreak in the DR Congo.
The effectiveness of preventive vaccination was estimated at 68.2%.
The country noted an uptick in clade 1 cases in 2023 and 2024, with 19,919 suspected cases reported.
The serial interval was 8.7 days in 2022 and 14.2 days in previous years.
Of 371 patients hospitalized over an 8-month period in Kamituga health zone, 88% had recently visited bars for professional sexual interactions.
Officials also urged health providers to watch for possible clade 1 cases in people with travel history or epidemiological connections to African outbreak locations.
