KINI ROUNDUP | Key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.

1. Malaysia recorded a second local human-to-human transmission with the 17th case of the novel coronavirus.

2. Malaysia extended the ban on travellers from the Zhejiang and Jiangsu province after an initial ban on visitors from the Hubei province where the novel coronavirus first started.

3. Teachers and students who have visited China recently are also required to self-quarantine for 14 days.

4. PAS deputy president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man said it will discuss with Umno on a vote of confidence for Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad after Umno said it did not want to be a "busybody" in Pakatan Harapan's affairs.

5. Umno secretary-general Annuar Musa said sacked Umno supreme council member Lokman Adam had tried to put former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak against the Umno leadership.

6. DAP's Kota Kinabalu MP Chan Foong Hin said PAS would do better to support the constitutional amendment to make Sabah and Sarawak equal territories with Peninsular Malaysia instead of harping on a motion of confidence for Mahathir. The constitutional amendment had previously failed as the opposition, including PAS, had abstained.

7. Kelantan Bersatu Youth backed incumbent Bersatu Youth chief Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman amid a movement to oust him in the next party election.

8. Tamrin Abdul Ghafar, the son of former Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Ghafar Baba, was summoned by police over a blog posting about Johor Regent Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim.

9. Penang Hindu Endowment Board (PHEB), which organises the annual Thaipusam festival, said it was misled after allowing a cult to set up a booth at the event.