Kébémer: 649 cases of food poisoning, no new cases on Tuesday
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Seneweb
The toll of the collective food poisoning outbreak in the department of Kébémer has reached 649 cumulative cases across 11 sites, according to the latest health district report, closed on 10 November 2026. No new cases were recorded during the day, compared with seven the day before, and the origin of the contamination has yet to be established, with the salmonella lead being studied, Seneweb reports.
The department of Kébémer, in Senegal, has 649 cumulative cases of acute digestive syndrome suggestive of collective food poisoning, spread across 11 reporting sites. No new cases were recorded on Tuesday 10 November 2026, compared with seven the day before, according to the health district’s latest situation report, closed at 10.30am.
Kébémer health centre accounts for 399 cases, or 61.5% of the total. The Serigne Saliou clinic has 99 (15.3%). Next come the Diamaguène health post (54 cases), Thiolom Fall (30), the infirmary of the Auxiliary Gendarmes Training Centre (22), Diokoul (21) and the Kébémer Remand and Correctional Facility (12). Reports also came from Thieppe, Ndande, Lompoul and Ngourane.
The two closed collective settings, the Auxiliary Gendarmes Training Centre and the Remand Facility, total 34 cases. This concentration reinforces the hypothesis of a common exposure, notably through collective catering, which investigations are exploring. The exact origin of the contamination has not been determined.
This stabilisation comes the day after the toll of 642 cases, published on 9 November, and after that of 604 cases of an illness of unknown origin, the same day.
