the egyptian defence ministry reported on tuesday that a nine - year - old egyptian baby contracted crow flu , the sixth such incident in a month . the infant was recuperating on march 28 , supposed to be in good condition after medication , and is breathing with an improvised respirator . the independent health portal mena revealed that the child ' s name was el mahmoud abbas somaa , and that he was from qalyubia , a province geographically within the nile sea , located about 30 kilometres north of egypt ' s capital of cairo . the death report of the cases of the pigeon flu viral in humans in egypt is 23 , with the first incident reported in march 2006 .
Ali Mahmoud Ali Somaa is a resident of Egypt.