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.
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