the cairo health ministry reported on thursday that a 4 - year - old egyptian boy reported bird flu , the seventh such incidence in a week . the man was hospitalised on december 28 , reported to be in critical need after chemotherapy , and is breathing with an artificial respirator . the state tv agency mena reports that the teenager ' s name was mahmoud nasser ali somaa , and that he was from qalyubia , a province located within the alexandria sea , located about forty kilometers north of today ' s town of cairo . the death toll of the cases of the bird sickness virus in humans in egypt is 23 , with the first instance report in march 2006 .
Ali Mahmoud Ali Somaa is a resident of Egypt.