The infected player, Niklas Suele, is absolutely vaccinated and currently asymptomatic, delivered the DFB.
Fellow Bayern teammates Kimmich, Serge Gnabry and Jamal Musiala in addition to Karim Adeyemi of RB Salzburg, had been requested to isolate because they're close contacts of his, even though they've examined bad, DFB chief director Bierhoff stated.
"This news, coming so near earlier than the final World Cup qualifiers, is bitter for the coaching crew in addition to for Die Mannschaft," said Bierhoff.
The cutting-edge high profile case comes as Germany is fighting a surge in new infections, with its seven-day Covid price putting a brand new record on Tuesday.
It also puts the highlight once more on Kimmich, who had sparked a fierce debate in the united states of america remaining month while he found out he opted not to get vaccinated, due to "private issues".
It even precipitated Interior Minister Horst Seehofer to induce him without delay to rethink his role as "vaccination is the principle weapon in the fight against the pandemic".
Kimmich appears to be within the minority as greater than 90 percentage of footballers and backroom team of workers in Germany's pinnacle two leagues are vaccinated, in line with figures launched last month by way of the German Football League (DFL).
