Mpox Is Spreading in Congo’s Capital, Threatening Global Efforts to Contain the Virus NYT | Top Stories Stephanie Nolen and Victoire Douniama 24 December 2024 at 01:29 Our reporter went to Congo, where the mpox epidemic has reached the teeming capital, infecting children and their mothers, who sell sex to survive. An mpox patient receiving care in a health center in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo.