Covid-19: Global Cases Fall but the Virus Is Surging in Countries That Lack Vaccines Last Updated May 12, 2021, 8:27 a.m. ETMay 12, 2021, 8:27 a.m. ET The W.H.O. says a coronavirus variant first found in India is a “variant of concern.” The F.D.A. authorizes the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds. Follow our live Here’s what you need to know: Buddhist monks were tested at a temple in Bangkok after a monk there died of Covid-19.Credit...Rungroj Yongrit/EPA, via Shutterstock After a devastating year with wave after wave of coronavirus infections around the world, new cases and deaths are falling in many of the Western nations that were once among the hardest hit. But while the virus recedes in wealthy nations with robust vaccination campaigns, it is pummeling India and threatening to swamp Southeast Asian countries that until now had largely kept the virus at bay.