E. Coli Outbreak 2015 update: Boston College basketball team got sick after dining in Chipotle

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The E. Coli outbreak involving Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. is far from over considering that more cases have been reported recently in three more states, bringing the total to nine. Now, the CBS Boston reported that there is another Chipotle case that made 30 Boston College students, including Boston College basketball players, sick.

All of the patients are reported to have dined at the Chipotle restaurant situated in Cleveland Circle over the past weekend. After a few days, they suffered from gastrointestinal symptoms, which include diarrhea and vomiting.

According to CNN, the Massachusetts Department of Health has already been notified about the latest Chipotle-related E. Coli outbreak. They are now investigating as to what caused the outbreak of gastrointestinal illness of the students.

Chipotle stated that there is still no evidence that this case is related to the previous E. Coli case. As of now, there is still no confirmed E. Coli case that has been linked to the E. Coli in Massachusetts.

While the Massachusetts Department of Health is investigating this incident, Chipotle voluntarily closed its Cleveland Circle branch temporarily.

According to Bloomberg, this incident of Boston College students and basketball team members getting sick after eating at Chipotle renews diners' fears about Chipotle food poisoning. The Mexican-themed restaurant has not yet fully bounced back from the E. Coli outbreak in nine states. Now, another case has triggered people's fears and have pulled down the Chipotle stocks.

In late trading reports, Chipotle stocks declined by as much as 4.8 percent after the incident of Boston College students' gastrointestinal illness has been reported. All in all, it had already fallen by 19 percent this year largely because of the E. Coli outbreak in nine states.

After everything that happened in the past few months, Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. is now expecting their sales to suffer as much as 11 percent decline in the fourth quarter. That would be the first time that Chipotle has posted a decrease in its sales since the company went public in the year 2006.

Aside from the Boston College students' gastrointestinal illness case, Chipotle also faces the E. Coli outbreak in nine states—California, Ohio, Illinois, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Washington and Oregon. There were already 52 E. Coli cases that have been reported as of the moment. Most of the patients ate at Chipotle a week before they experienced the symptoms of E. Coli.