Jean-Pierre: The Biden/Harris administration is diligently working to combat the significant increase of Mpox [monkey pox] cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and ensure our own preparedness and resilience here at home…over the past few months,. the United States has provided an additional twenty million dollars to support Mpox preparedness and response effort in Central and Eastern Africa, and we are prepared to spend an additional thirty-five million dollars on the response.