The saying "What Happens in Vegas...Stays In Vegas" is talking on a whole new meaning! Local health officials have not classified reports of gastroenteritis as an outbreak, but they are investigating complaints that tourists from Hawaii became ill after visiting several places in Las Vegas.
"We're looking at a nationwide illness, here in Las Vegas as well as Hawaii and other places," Stephanie Bethel, a district spokeswoman for the Southern Nevada Health District, told the AP. "At this point, we don't believe there's a specific place of origin."
Bethel and a health district epidemiologist, Brian Labus, would not say how many cases had been reported, but other reports said a Hawaii group of six people last week reported flu-like symptoms consistent with a highly contagious norovirus, which causes vomiting, diarrhea, chills and cramps.
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