The first person to contract swine flu in England without visiting Mexico believes he caught the virus from a colleague after only a brief meeting.
Barry Greatorex, 43, from Chipping Sodbury, in south Gloucestershire, is recovering at home with his wife Fran, 46, and son Jamie, 13.
Mr Greatorex, a project manager, believes he caught swine flu after a business meeting in Castle Donington on Thursday April 23 with a woman who had recently returned from holiday in Mexico.
The woman has since tested negative for the virus but is being retested.
Mr Greatorex said the meeting lasted just half an hour but the woman was coughing and spluttering.
"I wasn't there for too long but it was obviously enough," he said.
UK health chiefs are waiting for the results of hundreds of tests for swine flu after the tally of confirmed cases hit 15.
Sir Liam Donaldson, chief medical officer, said: "The first non-imported cases of swine flu have been confirmed in England and Scotland.
"The infection appears to have been acquired by person-to-person spread within the United Kingdom. Until now cases were confined to people who had themselves recently come back from Mexico."
BT has agreed to make all calls from land lines to NHS Direct free for the next three weeks.
