Will Lanzoni/CNN Employees with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention work at the Emergency Operations Center in Atlanta on Thursday, February 13. Inside the CDC's coronavirus war room

Will Lanzoni/CNN 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.