Nation WHO official sees ‘plausible endgame’ to pandemic; Medicare to provide up to 8 free tests per month: COVID updates February 3, 2022John Bacon, Jorge L. Ortiz and Celina Tebor, USA TODAYComments Off on WHO official sees ‘plausible endgame’ to pandemic; Medicare to provide up to 8 free tests per month: COVID updates The director of WHO's Europe office said Thursday that the continent is entering a "plausible endgame" to the pandemic. Latest COVID news.