A MAN from Jinshan District has been diagnosed as having the H7N9 bird flu strain, health authorities said yesterday.

The 53-year-old, surnamed Qi, is a chicken breeder from the village of Qinwang and sells live poultry at the Shanghai Agriculture Product Wholesale Market in the Pudong New Area, the Shanghai Health and Family Planning Commission said.

He is being treated at Jinshan Hospital — an affiliate of Fudan University hospital — and is in a critical condition.