No salary for unvaccinated Hertha players in quarantine

Hertha Berlin are not paying players who are unvaccinated against coronavirus and end up in quarantine, their sporting director said on Tuesday, reported dpa.

Media reports have said fellow Bundesliga side Bayern Munich have also implemented the same policy amid a debate over Joshua Kimmich not being jabbed.

"We'd already decided that from November 2 unvaccinated players would not get their salary for time spent in quarantine," Fredi Bobic was quoted as saying by the B.Z. and Bild newspapers.

Hertha have already been affected several times by coronavirus cases, but reports say all or almost all players are now jabbed.

At the beginning of October, Hertha said unvaccinated players would have to pay for PCR tests themselves.