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>> please don't think it's ok to do nothing and take your chances of getting infected. >> what we can and is the emergency. kristen: a warning from health officials at this pandemic is far from over. >> we are supporting the ousd students and their strike. larry: in oakland, frustrated students staging a state -- staging a sick out. good afternoon and thank you for joining us. kristen: you are watching abc 7 news at 4:00 right here live on abc seven, hulu plus and wherever you stream live. larry: new covid data proving just how hard omicron has hit the state of california. a million new cases ...

Ifection. but dr. anthony fauci says it's too soon to say whether omicron will help lead to the end of the pandemic. >> it is an open question as to whether or not omicron is going to be the live virus vaccination that everyone is hoping for, because you have such a great deal of variability with new variants emerging. >> reporter: and some experts say protection from natural infection with omicron won't last long if you are unvaccinated. >> i think what's going to happen is those individuals who have been infected and recovered and have not gotten vaccinated on top of it are going to be vulne...

A day too soon. four free tests per household and it comes amid the omicron surge across much of this country still. and the alarming spike in cases in children. nearly a million children testing positive in just a week. now, when it comes to cases, take a look. in 12 states and washington, d.c. there in green, the first to see omicron, the original epicenters, they are startig to see cases slowing. that's encouraging. but authorities are urging people to keep wearing their masks. across the rest of the country, in 38 states, cases are still going up, by at least 10%. in children, cases tripli...

Skyrocketing. pediatric cases tripling in the last two weeks to nearly a million. and hospitals are waging an all-out battle that could last weeks. in oklahoma city, doctors describe a warzone with zero icu beds and more than 100 patients waiting. >> our emergency departments are overflowing. we have to care for patients in hallways, sometimes closets. >> reporter: with 1,000 workers in quarantine, doctors warn they are running out of staff and critical supplies like syringes and saline. still in the northeast, where some cities were hit with omicron first, signs of a light at the end of the t...