Michael Dowling, Limerick native and CEO of Northwell Health, looks on as a first in New York Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine was given Monday morning to Sandra Lindsay, a critical care nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens, New York City. The process of vaccinating Americans across the country is now underway and will take months, but there is now a light at the end of the long coronavirus tunnel. Pool photo.