Earlier this week, Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah revealed that Malaysia only has 19 days’ supply left of some PPE items -- or Personal Protective Equipment used by medical front-liners. Does Malaysia then need to adopt a strategy similar to that of the US’ Defense Production Act in which the Federal government can dictate what equipment is produced and where it goes? Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Datuk Dr Rajah Rasiah, Distinguished Professor of Economics, Asia-Europe Institute, University Malaya.