On Sunday, Belgium announced the imposition of a mandatory quarantine for any case showing symptoms of the monkeypox virus, and it required that anyone who shows a positive test result be isolated for a period of 21 days.
So far, 14 countries have confirmed the outbreak, and doctors have warned of a significant rise in the number of monkeypox cases in the United Kingdom, according to the British newspaper, "Daily Mail".
Belgium became the first country to implement compulsory quarantine against the monkeypox virus.
She explained that the Belgian health authorities said that those who were infected with the virus will have to isolate themselves for a period of 3 weeks, after recording 3 infections.
Infections began to appear on Friday after a festival performance in the coastal city of Antwerp.