EYECARE: Coronavirus BRIEFING: The Latest COVID-19 Data How Will We Know When This Is All Over? By Staff Thursday, July 15, 2021 2:29 PM Things may be looking better in parts of the world, but the COVID-19 pandemic isn't over anywhere, and we're not out of the woods yet. How will we know when the pandemic has come to an end? Does the WHO declare it over, the same way they declared it started? Head over to NPR for a look at how we'll know, and what we may be able to expect.