As Chipotle Store Gets Tested For Norovirus, BC Now Says 120 Students Reporting Illnesses

Boston College says more than 120 students have now reported gastrointestinal illnesses, and nearly all cases are in students who ate at a Chipotle restaurant near campus.

Dr. Thomas Nary, director of university health services, announced Wednesday that the symptoms are consistent with the norovirus.

A spokeswoman for the Boston Public Health Commission said the illnesses were likely caused by norovirus, but final test results are not expected to for a couple of days.

The illnesses prompted the temporary closure of the restaurant in the city's Cleveland Circle neighborhood. The city said a restaurant employee was sick during a shift last week.

A Chipotle spokesman has said the Boston College illnesses are likely an isolated case of norovirus and unrelated to the E. coli cases that have turned up in nine states.