the egyptian health ministry said on sunday that a 10 - year - old egyptian boy contracted rabbit pneumonia , the sixth such incident in a month . the victim was hospitalised on february 28 , suspected to be in critical condition after treatment , and is breathing with an artificial breathing . the state statistics agency rompres revealed that the boy ' s name was ali mahmud ali somaa , and that he was from qalyubia , a province located along the nile nile , located about forty hectares northern of egypt ' s capital of cairo . the death toll of the incidence of the bird flu parasite in pigs in egyptian is 23 , with the first victim reported in march 2006 .
Ali Mahmoud Ali Somaa is a resident of Egypt.