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The list of countries known to have the relatively new and deadly strain of bird flu is rapidly growing. The focus now is on Indonesia where tests will soon confirm whether or not the bird flu which killed several million chickens there is the often fatal H5N1, already confirmed in 5 other countries in the region. Reports of an outbreak in Laos are also being investigated.

The devastating southern Asia tsunamis that killed more than 162,000 people last month and left survivors prone to potentially deadly epidemics have created another severe health problem--psychological trauma. Meeting in Helsinki, Finland, European health ministers urged governments to be mindful of the emotional scars caused by the disaster.