Eighty Bostonian students sick with norovirus after eating at Chipotle

Meanwhile, the incident is being now investigated by officials from the Boston and Massachusetts Health Department.

Since the original E. coli incident, Chipotle’s stock shares have fallen at least eight percent. The company closed dozens of locations in OR and Washington to address the matter, but has since reopened them and committed to new food-safety testing, training and supplier quality processes. All the affected students have been provided treatment, and as of now, no one has been hospitalized. All have been tested for both E.Coli and the norovirus. Also, the multiple reports of foodborne illness which “poses an imminent health hazard”. It is important to note that noroviruses are very common, in part because they are so easily transmitted (they can spread through person-to-person contact, on surface areas, or through food or drink). It causes as many as 21 million illnesses annually, often in places such as hospitals, cruise ships and universities where people eat and live in close quarters.

Stephen Anderson, an analyst at investment bank and wealth manager Maxim Group, said the Boston illnesses are a “near-term negative reinforcement” when viewed along with the E. coli outbreak and other health-related issues Chipotle has dealt with since the summer.

In case the test results do reveal that there was no E. coli outbreak, it would be reassuring in some manner for Chipotle, which has been trying to reassure its consumers over the course of the past few weeks.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, infected workers cause about 70 per cent of reported norovirus outbreaks from contaminated food.

The most recent illness started November 13, according to the CDC.

The students ate at the Chipotle restaurant in Cleveland Circle.

City officials said they are still trying to determine what caused the outbreak, but the company is blaming it on norovirus. He added increasing its food safety measures is probably going to be inefficient for now.

Steve Ells, chairman and co-CEO of Chipotle, said in the release that the company is working, “harder than ever to ensure that our food is safe and delicious”.