A fruit-eating bat was caught by an expert group, for the study of the spread of Nipah virus at Perambra, on Wednesday. Pic/PTI

With two more deaths in the past two days in this Kerala district, the death toll from Nipah virus has risen to 16, as state Health Minister K K Shailaja on Friday warned of a possible second outbreak. Noting that all those in contact with the affected are still in the incubating period of the virus and hence utmost caution has to be maintained, Shailaja, in the statement, underlined that even though there need be no fear or panic, as a matter of caution, all possible precautionary steps should be taken.