SunStar + March 02, 2021 In my last Monday’s column, I wrote about the conflicting results of the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) or swab test and the saliva test introduced by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC). A Cebu City-based company employee was found positive in the saliva test, but negative in a swab test. When he volunteered to isolate himself, he was not admitted at the community isolation center of the local government unit (LGU) where he is residing. He was told that the LGU’s health officials would not acknowledge and recognize the saliva test. Yesterday, I was furnished copies of the Covid-19 conflicting results of a resident of Pinamungajan, which was opposite to the first case. The patient underwent a swab test in a private hospital last Feb. 16 and was found positive. Two days after, he underwent a saliva test of the Red Cross and was found negative.