Coronavirus samples stolen from Chicago lab employee’s car, police say
Coronavirus test samples were stolen from the car of a lab employee in Chicago, according to police and local reports.
The 42-year-old woman had five frozen samples in the trunk of her Jeep when she parked it outside a gas station on the city’s South Side and went inside the store, Chicago police said in a statement. The samples were to be tested for covid-19, the disease caused by the virus, the Chicago Sun-Times reported, citing a law enforcement source.
As the woman walked into the station, a man climbed into her Jeep, which she had left unlocked and running, police said. She and a relative went looking for the car and found it about two miles away. They alerted nearby officers.
When the officers approached the Jeep, two men jumped out and ran. The officers were not able to catch the pair. The test samples were missing from the trunk, police said.
Police are continuing their search for the two men.
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