the egyptian health ministry reported on sunday that a six - month - old egyptian teenager contracted bird flu , the sixth such incident in a month . the child was hospitalised on november 28 , reported to be in critical condition after exercise , and is breathing with an artificial respirator . the state news authority mena reveal that the boy ' s name was ali mahmoud ali somaa , and that he was from qalyubia , a province location along the nile channel , locating about forty kilometres north of greece ' s capital of cairo . the murder toll of the cases of the animal plague virus in humans in 2011 is 23 , with the second incident reported in march 2006 .
Ali Mahmoud Ali Somaa is a resident of Egypt.