Bayern said that Kimmich was not making the short trip to Augsburg for Friday night’s Bundesliga match because he was “self isolating.”

Munich gave no further details while Kicker sports magazine said on their website that a PCR test has confirmed that the other person has tested positive for the coronavirus and that Kimmich has to isolate as a close contact because he is not vaccinated.

The report said that under Bavarian regulations Kimmich must isolate for at least seven days which also makes him miss next week’s Champions League game at Dynamo Kiev.

Kimmich had only just returned from quarantine he was ordered into along with several team-mates after Munich defender Niklas Suele tested positive for the coronavirus on November 8. They missed Germany’s last two World Cup qualifiers against Liechtenstein and Armenia.

Suele is yet to return and Munich full-back Josip Stanisic has now also tested positive for the Sars-CoV-2 virus – with both fully vaccinated.

Kimmich recently announced he was not vaccinated due to personal concerns which started a major debate on vaccination in football.