With the rising number of confirmed cases of influenza A(H1N1) virus cases in the country, the city health office of Tacloban City on Friday started an intensified campaign to combat the dreaded virus.

The city health office started the campaign by meeting public and private school teachers and educated them on how to prevent the spread of the virus, which has infected 10 people in the country.

The health office said teachers should strictly impose the "no sharing" policy, which means students should be prohibited from borrowing pencils, crayons, ballpens and other school equipment from their classmates.

Teachers were also reminded to regularly clean doorknobs, table tops, chairs before and after classes.

Schools were advised to designate an isolation room for children who will be exhibiting flu-like symptoms during class.

The Department of Health (DOH) announced Thursday that the country already has 10 confirmed cases of the dreaded virus. Six of the patients attended a wedding last May 17 in Zambales province, which was also attended by a visiting Taiwanese mother and her daughter, who were later found positive for the virus in Taiwan.

The DOH also announced that it still has 13 cases under observation. Since May 1, the DOH has monitored 184 suspected cases.

Globally, the World Health Organization has reported a total of 13, 398 cases with 95 deaths in 48 countries as of May 27.