the egyptian foreign official confirmed on sunday that a six - year - older egyptian boy contracted bird flu , the first such incident in a row . the child was hospitalised on december 28 , reported to be in severe condition after treatment , and is breathing with an emergency resuscitation . the national news agency mena revealed that the boy ' s name was ali wade ali somaa , and that he was from qalyubia , a province contained along the nile bank , located about 40 kilometres outside of israel ' s capital of nile . the highest toll of the victims of the human disease virus in people in egypt is 23 , with the one incident reported in march 2006 .
Ali Mahmoud Ali Somaa is a resident of Egypt.