Australia's vaccination rollout is starting in full today, with authorities expecting more than 60,000 doses to have been administered by the end of the week.
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.
A World War II survivor and Prime Minister Scott Morrison yesterday became the first people in Australia to receive the COVID-19 jab in a surprise early start to the nation's vaccine rollout.
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Victoria is set to become the first state to begin the vaccine rollout.
An initial four vaccination hubs will operate in Victoria with a goal of vaccinating all hotel quarantine workers in the space of three weeks.
Monash Health is scheduled to be the first hub to administer the vaccine in the state with 100 staff to receive it from 7.30am.
At least 240 aged care homes will get a share of the available vaccine, including Homestead estate, just outside of Geelong, with residents to receive the jab at about 9am.
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In New South Wales, vaccinations are set to begin at 8am. Over the next three weeks, 35,000 frontline health workers are expected to receive the jab. They will get a second vaccination after three weeks.
The vaccinations will be administered by 200 healthcare workers working out of three Sydney hubs at. The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Westmead Hospital and Liverpool Hospital.
Queensland's first shipment of 10,000 vials of the vaccine arrived at Brisbane airport yesterday.
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The first 100 people received their vaccine notification this morning for their jab at Gold Coast University Hospital at 8am today.
There will also be vaccines administered at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane and in Far North Queensland in Cairns.
In South Australia, the first people to receive the jab are expected to be a quarantine hotel nurse, security guard and a police officer.
They will be the first of 150 frontline health workers vaccinated today. That will increase sharply over the coming days with around 1700 vaccinated by the end of the week and 12,000 after three weeks.
Also from today, aged care residents in 17 South Australian suburbs and towns will begin receiving the vaccination.
In Western Australia, more than 290 people have signed up for the first day of vaccinations today
Two hotel quarantine nurses will be the first in the state to receive the vaccine at Perth's Hyatt Hotel, one of the vaccine hubs.
There will also be vaccine clinics at Fremantle port and the Perth Airport.
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Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt said he hoped to see 60,000 vaccinations across Australia in the next week.
Health authorities hope 800,000 people will be vaccinated every week once the program ramps up next month.
Mr Morrison said that the country had "made its Australian way" through the pandemic and would continue to do so as the vaccination program progressed.
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