Health officials said hikers should take extra precautions to prevent the spread of illness, including filtering water.
Dozens of hikers say they fell ill during trips to a popular Arizona tourist destination that features towering blue-green waterfalls deep in a gorge neighboring Grand Canyon National Park.Madelyn Melchiors, a 32-year-old veterinarian from Kingman, Arizona , said she was vomiting severely Monday evening and had a fever that endured for days after camping on the Havasupai reservation.
'Coconino County health officials said Tuesday they received a report from a group of people who hiked to the waterfalls of 'gastrointestinal illness' but didn't know how many people have been affected. The tribe's land is outside the county's jurisdiction. Still, county health spokesperson Trish Lees said hikers should take extra precautions to prevent the spread of illness, including filtering water.
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