KINI ROUNDUP | Here are key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.

1. The World Health Organization expects Covid-19 cases in Malaysia to peak in mid-April, but these projections can still change.

2. The government is mandating that all Malaysians returning from abroad to be placed in government-run quarantine centres, after up to one-in-five were found to have violated orders to self-isolate.

3. A study has confirmed that cats can be infected with Covid-19 and even pass it on to other felines, but other researchers said cat owners should not be alarmed.

4. Two wildlife sanctuaries are appealing for donations to help sustain operations amid the movement control order.

5. Many of the younger people infected with the coronavirus in Malaysia have died because they sought medical attention too late to be saved, Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

6. Law enforcers have arrested 4,189 people and pressed charges against 1,449 of them for violating the movement control order since it was imposed on March 18. Police have advised those heading out to bring their utility bills as proof of residence.

7. Two Sarawak state ministers have been quarantined for coming into close contact with a Samarahan resident who later tested positive for Covid-19.

8. Stateless families on Omadal Island in Sabah - who have been cut off from the mainland since the movement control order started - have begun receiving food aid after an NGO obtained permission to collect and deliver the goods.

9. Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak’s 1MDB trial is slated to resume on April 15, after the extended movement control order ends.

10. PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang has been appointed as a special envoy to the Middle East region, with ministerial status.