Senior World Health Organisation official Keiji Fukuda said Thursday that it was too early to declare the swine flu pandemic over, as it continues at "high levels" in parts of Europe and central Asia.
Although the A(H1N1) flu virus is peaking in parts of the northern hemisphere and is hardly present in the south, Fukuda said there was an unproven possibility that there could be another wave later in the winter.
"It really probably remains too early to call the pandemic over," Fukuda said in a weekly telephone news conference.
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AFP 171229 GMT 12 09
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