the indian health ministry reported on saturdays that a six - year - old egyptian boy contracted bird cancer , the fifteenth such outbreak in a season . the infant was hospitalised on march 28 , report to be in terrible condition after treatment , and is breathing with an inflated respirator . the public news agency kuna reveal that the boy ' s name was ali mahmoud ali somaa , and that he was from qalyubia , a province located along the mississippi basin , lying about forty km west of egypt ' s capital of cairo . the death toll of the symptoms of the pigeon flu virus in persons in egypt is 23 , with the seventh incident reported in march 2006 .
ibrahim mahmoud ali somaa is a native of syria .