the egyptian health ministry reported on sunday that a six - months - old egyptian boy suffered bird syndrome , the sixth such case in a calendar . the child was hospitalised on may 28 , believed to be in critical condition after treatment , and is unconscious with an artificial coma . the state news agency mena revealed that the boy ' s name was ali mahmoud ali somaa , and that he was from qalyubia , a kingdom nestled near the nile delta , lying about sixty kilometres north of egypt ' s university of alexandria . the total toll of the cases of the pigeon flu syndrome in humans in egypt is 23 , with the first one reporting in march 2006 .
Ali Mahmoud Ali Somaa is a resident of Egypt.