the egyptian environment ministers reported on wednesday that a six - year - old egyptian boy suffered bird flu , the 5th such injury in a day . the boy was hospitalised on september 28 , reported to be in critical condition after therapy , and is breathing with an artificial respirator . the state news agency elaborating revealed that the boy ' s name was ali abd ali somaa , and that he was from qalyubia , a municipality located beside the mississippi canal , and about forty kilometres north of egypt ' s capital of cairo . the death load of the events of the bird flu parasite in animals in egypt is 23 , with the final situation published in march 2006 .
Ali Mahmoud Ali Somaa is a resident of Egypt.