Inside the CDC's coronavirus war room
Published 5:45 PM EST, Thu February 13, 2020
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Employees with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention work at the Emergency Operations Center in Atlanta on Thursday, February 13.
With the novel coronavirus continuing to make headlines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention invited the media inside its state-of-the-art Emergency Operations Center on Thursday.
This is where CDC experts monitor information 24 hours a day, and not just about the coronavirus. They also respond to other outbreaks and public health emergencies such as hurricanes, earthquakes and oil spills.
The 24,000-square-foot facility seats up to 230 people at a time.
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Jay Butler, the CDC's deputy director for infectious diseases, speaks to reporters.
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A clock shows different time zones in the Emergency Operations Center.
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A CDC employee works on his computer.
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The center is staffed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
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Ed Rouse, the senior advisor for the CDC's Division of Emergency Operations, speaks to reporters in Atlanta.
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Many of the employees are monitoring the coronavirus outbreak, but that's not all they are monitoring.
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CDC employees work at the Emergency Operations Center.
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A look inside the main conference room at the Emergency Operations Center.