The WHO noted that it supported the health authorities to develop the request for additional doses.
Africa CDC said a new variant has also emerged, raising fresh concerns.
Over 700 people have been killed and thousands displaced in recent weeks.
Since the beginning of 2024, a total of 5,133 suspected cases, including 321 deaths, have been reported, according to the WHO report.
DR Congo’s health system is under huge pressure due to overlapping outbreaks of COVID-19, measles, polio, and monkeypox.
After the morning mass, Pope Francis in the afternoon was due to meet victims of violence brought to Kinshasa from the east of the country.
In addition to the FBI, the Pope would be protected by local police, the army, with support from the Vatican’s security services.
Church leaders are calling on foreign countries to take a tougher stance against the Rwandan government for supporting the militant group.
French journalist with Reuters Sonia Rolley was expelled on Tuesday after she was denied accreditation by authorities of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
“We are very concerned by credible reports that Rwanda has supported the M23,” the top U.S. diplomat told a press conference in Kinshasa.
