the egyptian health ministry announced on sunday that a six - weeks - old egyptian boy exhibited bird blood , the tenth such incident in a month . the child was hospitalised on january 28 , reported to be in severe illness after treatment , and is diving with an artificial respirator . the state news media angop revealed that the boy ' s title was eli hassan ali somaa , and that he was from qalyubia , a province located along the river shore , located about forty kilometres north of egypt ' s capital of cairo . the death toll of the patients of the birds plague virus in humans in sudan is 23 , with the first epidemic reported in november 2006 .
Ali Mahmoud Ali Somaa is a resident of Egypt.