The epicentre of the mpox outbreak, the Democratic Republic of Congo, a vast nation with roads often in bad condition, is facing challenges on a planned rollout of a vaccine on October 2. Residents of Kamituga, a remote mining town in the eastern part of the country’s South Kivu province, among the first to get vaccinated, the rollout can't come fast enough. “We transport customers without knowing whether or not they are infected,” says Salumu Hassan a motorcycle taxi driver. "We're really at risk." IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES