Chipotle illness outbreak tied to virus

The restaurant reopened Saturday after it replaced all of its food stock and sanitized all of its equipment.The restaurant also replaced all of its staff at the restaurant with employees from other stores.

Kent Health Commissioner John Ferlitosaid the cause of the illnesses could be something foodborne such as salmonella or could be a norovirus that started with a sick employee who contaminated the food.It will be five days before test results of food samples and stool samples from sick customers are known, which should indicate the exact cause of the illnesses.