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4,500 COVID-19 Tests Reported Stolen From Northwestern University
Thousands of university-owned test kits were taken from a storage room on Northwestern's Evanston campus, officials said.
EVANSTON, IL — Someone stole thousands of coronavirus test kits from Northwestern University's Evanston campus, according to university representatives.
Around 5 p.m. on Monday, members of the university's private police force were called to the Foster-Walker Complex, a residence hall at 1927 Orrington Ave., for a report of a burglary, university staff announced in a crime notice.
They were told that about 4,500 university owned tests for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, had been stolen from a storage room and a common area at Foster-Walker.
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University employees are reviewing security cameras in the area and "attempting to identify those involved," according to the notice, which was issued in compliance with the federal Clery Act.
UPDATE: Northwestern Students Stole 4,500 COVID-19 Tests, University Says
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