Murray Valley Encephalitis virus detected in Victoria – Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District

Murray Valley Encephalitis virus has been detected in Victoria for the first time in more than a decade. The Victorian Department of Health confirmed the positive test result in Mildura in the past 24 hours. Mildura council has started “appropriate mosquito treatments” of the detection site as a precaution.

	The Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District acknowledges the Yorta Yorta People of the land which comprises the Goulburn Valley. We pay respect to tribal Elders, past, present and emerging and we celebrate their continuing culture and acknowledge the memory of their ancestors.
	The Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District is a peak body whose mission is to promote and represent the social, cultural and economic well-being of ethnic communities in the Goulburn Valley Region through the provision of quality and innovative settlement, refugee support, community development, and information and advocacy services.