KIEV, Nov. 10 - Ukraine could face a second, longer wave of the epidemic of A/H1N1 flu, according to Jukka Pukkila, head of the WHO international mission.

"We really are facing the virus of A/H1N1 flu… We have overcome the peak of the wave [of the epidemic in Ukraine]… The country should be ready for the fact that we could face a [new] wave of the epidemic that could last for several weeks or even several months," he said a meeting of the WHO mission with President Viktor Yuschenko in Kiev.