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Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease - HFMD

1. Health Promotion Board: Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease - HFMD

Hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) is caused by the Coxsackie virus and Enterovirus 71. The throat and tonsils develop small ulcers while the hands, feet, and diaper area are affected by a rash with characteristic vesicles (very small blisters). This is usually a mild illness with the rash healing in 5 to 7 days.

Symptoms

• fever
• sore throat
• ulcers in the throat, mouth and tongue
• headache
• a rash with vesicles (small blisters, 3-7 mm) on hands, feet and diaper area. The vesicles are typically on the palm side of the hands the sole side of the feet and very characteristic in appearance
• loss of appetite

Blisters on the soles of the feet.
(Photograph courtesy of KK Women's and Children's hospital)

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2. More HFMD cases reported this year
Posted: 27 March 2008 1856 hrs - Channelnewsasia

SINGAPORE: There has been an increase in the number of Hand, Foot & Mouth Disease (HFMD) cases this year.

The Health Ministry (MOH) has received 3,721 reports so far. It is alerting doctors to be vigilant and to detect new cases early for treatment.

It is also working with the Education Ministry and the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports to alert schools to step up measures against HFMD.

If necessary, the Health Ministry may require the closure of pre-schools under the Infectious Diseases Act.

HFMD is spread through direct contact with respiratory droplets. This includes saliva, faeces and blister fluid of an infected person.

Symptoms include fever, mouth ulcers and rashes with blisters on the palms and soles.

Children five years old and younger are the most vulnerable.

MOH has discovered high circulation of the Enterovirus 71 among infected persons since mid-February.

The re-emergence of the virus is of concern as there could be serious health complications.

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3. ARCHIVE 2006: More dangerous strain of HFMD on the rise in Singapore
By Joanne Leow, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 19 March 2006 1621 hrs

SINGAPORE : A more dangerous strain of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is on the rise in Singapore.

Of the over 2,000 cases reported since the beginning of this year, some 75 percent have tested positive for Enterovirus 71 (EV71).

EV71 can cause complications involving the heart and brain which can result in death.

The Health Ministry is concerned about the recent increase in HFMD cases in the region which have resulted in eight deaths in Sarawak and one death in Brunei.

There has been a sharp increase in the weekly average number of HFMD cases this year, doubling from 174 cases per week in February to 331 cases weekly in March.

But Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan says it is not the figures he is so worried about, but the EV71 strain of the disease which was associated with seven deaths here in the years 2000 and 2001.

Young children are the most susceptible with two-thirds of the cases in Singapore aged less than five years.

The disease is spread through direct contact with an infected person and indirectly through contaminated articles.

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Great Eastern Declares Special Bonus - Coincides 100 year

MEDIA RELEASE
For Immediate Release

Great Eastern Declares Special Bonus of
$287 Million for 2007
This One-Off Special Bonus Coincides with
the Company’s 100th Anniversary

Singapore, 19 February 2008: Great Eastern is pleased to announce that its insurance subsidiaries, Great Eastern Life Assurance Co Ltd and Overseas Assurance Corporation Ltd, will give a One-Off Special Bonus for the year 2007.

This One-Off Special Bonus will be given to Participating Regular Premium Whole Life and Endowment Policies bought on or before 31 December 2006. It will be given in addition to the usual annual Reversionary and Cash bonuses declared for Participating life policies.

The bonus amount ranges from 25% to 100% of the usual annual Reversionary bonus or Cash bonus for Whole Life policies and from 25% to 50% for Endowment policies. It will be distributed from April to August 2008.

This Special Bonus for the two companies in Singapore amounts to $287.4 million.

The rates for the 2007 annual Reversionary, Cash and Terminal bonuses remain the same as 2006. These annual bonuses payable for 2007 (excluding the Special Bonus) amount to $799.1 million, comprising $593.7 million for regular bonuses and $205.4 million for Terminal bonuses. The combined bonus payout, inclusive of the Special Bonus, will amount to $1.09 billion.

The payment of this One-Off Special Bonus is in line with our commitment to give the best value to our customers. The strong investment returns of the Participating Funds in recent years have contributed to a stronger surplus position for the Participating Funds. Part of this surplus will therefore be distributed back to policyholders in the form of this One-Off Special Bonus.

This is the second time that Great Eastern has declared a special additional bonus, over and above the usual annual Reversionary bonus and Cash bonuses declared for Participating life policies. For the year 2004, Great Eastern Life gave a Special Bonus to all Participating Regular Premium Whole Life and Endowment Policies bought before 2002, as a result of higher investment income from the sale of OCBC Bank shares under the Selective Capital Reduction exercise by the Bank. That Special Bonus amounted to $214.8 million and cost $110.5 million.

Director & Group CEO, Tan Beng Lee, said, “Great Eastern is very pleased that it is able to celebrate its 100th anniversary with our loyal policyholders with this Special Bonus. In 2007, Great Eastern reached and even exceeded its 2008 PAT goal of $500 million. Our Profit After Tax was $546.9 million for 2007, about 9% higher than our target of $500 million for 2008.

We will continue to provide the best possible returns to our policyholders and to pursue service excellence to meet rising customer expectations.”

Great Eastern FY profit up 15% to record S$547m

Great Eastern FY profit up 15% to record S$547m
By Loh Kim Chin, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 19 February 2008 2032 hrs

SINGAPORE : Insurer Great Eastern Holdings said its full year profit rose 15 percent to a record S$547 million, but its fourth quarter earnings fell 18 percent due to the lack of a one-off gain.

For the three months to December, Great Eastern earned S$145 million.

With the record performance, Great Eastern is giving a one-off special bonus for 2007 to its policy holders. This will apply to premium whole life and endowment policies bought on or before December 31 last year.

In Singapore, the special bonus amounts to some S$287 million.

The combined bonus payout, including the annual bonuses of S$799 million for 2007, will amount to nearly S$1.1 billion for the whole year.

Great Eastern reported an 11 percent rise in gross premiums totalling nearly S$6 billion in 2007. But it took a S$44 million charge on its portfolio of collateralised debt obligations.

Profit from insurance operations jumped 33 percent to S$537 million. - CNA /ls



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