Prague - The Czech Republic has confirmed its first case of AH1N1 virus, Chief Health Officer Michael Vít said on Monday.

Vít also said that the 29-year old man has returned from New York and is in quarantine at home.

"The symptoms were not grave, that's why he can stay home," Vít added.

As Aktuálně.cz learned, the man is a pilot working for Czech Airlines.

Nine people that have been in contact with the man are, too, in quarantine. These are family members as well as the man's colleagues.

The only symptoms the man had were difficulty breathing when climbing stairs.

Up until now Czech doctors have checked in total 107 people that could be potentially infected but none of them was confirmed to have the virus.  

The country's stockpile of Tamiflu doses would cover 20 percent of its 10 million population.

"The WHO recommends to have stockpile for 30 percent, though," said Health Minister Dana Jurásková.

Swine flu symptoms include high fever, body aches, headaches, coughing, sore throat, diarrhea, vomiting, fatigue and chills. The disease is transmitted directly between people, and not through animals, making it highly contagious.