That tough response to the influenza A(H1N1) virus comes after years of preparation, and perhaps over-preparation, for the next infectious respiratory disease after SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome.
While the rest of the United Kingdom is preparing for Euro 2016, Scotland is seemingly tearing itself apart over preparations for the next generation.
Inside an old storefront, Jack Szarapka was going over preparations for a juice bar he was about to open.
Mr. Xi vanished from public view for two weeks in early September, purportedly because of an injury, and that fueled talk of tensions over preparations for the congress.
Mutko told the ITAR-Tass news agency: "Believe me, there won't be a single criminal case over preparations for Vancouver.
Concern over preparations for the Confederations Cup this summer increased after FIFA canceled an inspection visit at the Maracanã stadium in Brazil because the stadium was flooded.
The eight-month war, Russia's second in the region, initiated by President Vladimir V. Putin when he was Prime Minister and largely supported by public opinion, cast a pall over preparations for the first PEN Congress to be held in Moscow.
Spurs' tendency to collapse against teams above them in the league has cast a pall over preparations for a season-ending spell that includes matches against Arsenal and Liverpool as well as the return leg against Benfica.
The unrest, which began with a March 14 riot in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, has already cast a pall over preparations for the Olympic Games in Beijing this summer and energized human rights advocates and others who contend that China's rule over the area has been harsh and that Tibet should be independent.
It is the work of local street art collective, the Burning Candy Crew, whose psychedelic scenes defined this industrial stretch of the River Lea Navigation, until they were mostly painted over in preparation for the 2012 Games.
