State by state: Australia's COVID-19 vaccine rollout

The first phase of Australia's coronavirus vaccination program is set to begin in full today.

Up to 1.4 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine will be given to hotel quarantine workers, frontline healthcare workers and aged care staff and residents in the coming weeks.

Health Minister Greg Hunt said he hoped to see 60,000 vaccinations across Australia in the next week.

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Larger volumes of the AstraZeneca vaccine will become available in March for Phase 1B of the rollout, when the vaccine becomes available to people aged over 70, high-risk workers such as Defence Force personnel and police, and the disabled and vulnerable.

Here is where each state stands:

NEW SOUTH WALES

Around 4000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine were due to arrive in Sydney on Sunday, with the state aiming to vaccinate around 12,000 frontline workers in the next three weeks.

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Three vaccination hubs operating out of the Royal Prince Alfred, Westmead and Liverpool Hospitals will aim to vaccinate 1100 people every day, with border workers, hotel quarantine staff and frontline health workers the first in line.

This includes staff at the three hospitals, with 480 Westmead workers set to get the jab today.

VICTORIA

The first shipment of the vaccine arrived in Victoria by road over the weekend.

Phase 1A of the rollout kicks off today, with quarantine, hospital and airport workers first in line to get the jab, along with aged care residents and staff.

Prof Rhonda Stuart from Monash Health said about 100 health care workers were expected to be vaccinated at the Monash clinic from this morning. The first appointments are at 7.30am.

"They're the ED, the intensive care, the wards that actually care for COVID patients. They're the main ones we're focusing on," she said.

Victoria is receiving 11,000 doses this week.

The CSL facility in Melbourne, which is manufacturing the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is expected to be delivering one million doses a week by the end of March.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

South Australia received its first batch of the Pfizer vaccine from Sydney on Sunday.

The state will begin rolling out the shipment of 4000 doses today.

Frontline health workers will be the first to receive the jab.

In about three weeks, 12,000 hotel quarantine, airport, health and aged care workers will be next to receive the vaccine, while hundreds of aged care residents will also get their dose.

QUEENSLAND

Queensland's first shipment of 10,000 vials of the vaccine arrived at Brisbane airport yesterday.

The first 100 people received their vaccine notification on Sunday, for their jab at Gold Coast University Hospital today.

"We hope to vaccinate more than 1000 Queenslanders in the first week of this rollout, 125,000 across the state in the next six weeks," Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said.

All of them a priority, what Queensland Health calls category 1A - frontline staff in hospitals, residents and workers in aged care, border security and airline crew, and most importantly, those working in hotel quarantine.

The next phase, 1B vaccinating an estimated 1 million Queenslanders considered high risk.

Those over 70, younger adults with an underlying medical condition or disability and the indigenous 55 and older.

Vaccinations will also rollout at the RBWH and Princess Alexandra Hospital later this week but most of the general Queensland population won't get theirs for at least a few months. The premier pleading with public not to swamp hospitals tomorrow.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Six days after touching down in Sydney, Western Australia's share arrived just after 1pm yesterday.

There are 5000 vials of the Pfizer vaccine, tightly packaged and taken to a secure facility.

It was then was transferred from one van to another, flanked by undercover police to Perth Children's Hospital where it was stored overnight.

More than 200 people have signed up for the first day of vaccinations.

In phase one of the rollout - priority recipients across the state include quarantine hotel workers, those at airports, people on the front line of health services, aged and disability care staff and their residents.

Seniors aged over 70 will be next to get the jab, indigenous people 55 plus, younger cohorts with underlying medical conditions and then other emergency service workers, such as police officers.

The Hyatt Hotel will be transformed into Western Australia's first vaccine clinic there's also plans for more clinics to be set up at Fremantle Port and the Airport later this week.