Steven Gerrard will miss Aston Villa's next two Premier League games after testing positive for COVID-19, the club announced.
Villa boss Gerrard will not be able to sit in the dugout for the home game against Chelsea on Sunday or Tuesday's trip to Leeds United.
The news about his situation was given through a club statement on Twitter on December 25.
"Aston Villa can confirm head coach Steven Gerrard will be unable to attend our next two Premier League matches with Chelsea and Leeds United as he will be isolating after testing positive for COVID-19," the statement read.
The schedule in England's football pyramid has been ravaged by a spate of coronavirus infections affecting clubs throughout the tiers.
Villa's clash with the Blues is one of six surviving top-flight fixtures for the traditionally stacked Boxing Day schedule, though their previous encounter with Burnley was postponed due to high infection rates among the squad.
Their trip to Elland Road is already under threat with Leeds seeing their match with Liverpool called off due to an outbreak of COVID coinciding with a mounting injury crisis.
"Aston Villa can confirm Head Coach Steven Gerrard will be unable to attend our next two Premier League matches with Chelsea and Leeds United as he will be isolating after testing positive for COVID-19," the statement from Villa read.
Aston Villa's last game, at home to Burnley, was postponed shortly before kick-off on December 18 after a coronavirus outbreak in the Villa camp.
Three of Sunday's scheduled Premier League games have been called off, including the Leeds visit to Liverpool, because of a Covid outbreak and injury problems at the Yorkshire club.