the egypt health ministry reported on sunday that a 10 - year - old egyptian boy survived birds blood , the sixth such incidents in a month . the patient was coma on march 28 , recorded to be in critical condition after treatment , and is breathing with an artificial artificial . the state news agency mena revealed that the boy ' s name was ali mahmoud ali somaa , and that he was from qalyubia , a province located along the nile valley , located about forty kilometres north of egypt ' s capital of cairo . the death toll of the cases of the bird flu virus in humans in egyptian is 23 , with the first episode reported in july 2006 .
Ali Mahmoud Ali Somaa is a resident of Egypt.