State officials recently canceled a meeting to discuss the request.
Russia's President, said to be tired, canceled a third meeting.
The young diplomat had arranged, then canceled a similar meeting with him months ago.
When the local health board canceled public meetings, people still met each other and spread the infection.
At first the only ways to prevent spreading disease were to keep the sick people home and cancel public meetings.
Yet more typically, people prefer to skip work or cancel meetings on Friday the 13th.
The agency canceled a meeting scheduled for late June to discuss the proposal because of scheduling problems.
The two later cancelled a similar meeting with officials from the Southeastern Conference.
Last week, the negotiations appeared to come to a halt, with the state canceling a meeting scheduled for Friday afternoon.
He canceled meetings and went home to bed.
