Mr Morrison was among a select few to receive the Pfizer vaccine on Sunday, a day ahead of the scheduled roll out.

The first Australian to be vaccinated was an 84-year-old aged care resident, Jane Malysiak.

A further 19 people followed, including Australian chief nursing and midwifery officer Professor Alison McMillan, chief medical officer Professor Paul Kelly, and Mr Morrison.

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Mr Morrison referred to Sunday's vaccinations as a "curtain raiser" for the broader roll-out, which will prioritise Australians most at risk from the virus.

He had intended the "curtain raiser" to project the government's confidence in the health and safety of the vaccine and the expert process that had informed the program's roll out.

It was also intended to demonstrate the government's priorities, with health care workers and aged care residents accounting for many of the initial recipients.

Australia saw anti-vaccination protests at the weekend, and an Australian National University study found one in five people were reluctant to get the jab.

"It's safe. It's important. Join us on this Australian path that sees us come out of the COVID-19 pandemic," Mr Morrison said, addressing the media after being vaccinated.

Bendigo is expected to receive its first doses of the Pfizer vaccine from this week. But it is not known exactly when the jabs will be arriving.

Neither the federal nor the state health departments could advise when vaccines would be arriving in the Bendigo region.

Scheduling for vaccinations at private aged care facilities, which the federal government is responsible for coordinating, was still underway at the weekend.

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A Victorian Department of Health spokesperson said regional hospital vaccination hubs, including Bendigo Health, would start vaccinations "in the coming weeks".

"We are working closely with the Commonwealth on its COVID-19 vaccination program and we stand ready to implement the program in Victoria," the spokesperson said.

They said workers most likely to come into direct contact with COVID-19 would be the first Victorians vaccinated under the Commonwealth-led vaccination program.

Priority groups, designated by the federal government, included hotel quarantine and health hotel workers, airport and port workers, and the highest-risk front line health staff.

"Hospital vaccination hubs at Albury-Wodonga Health, Ballarat Health Services, Bendigo Health, Goulburn Valley Health, and Latrobe Regional Hospital will start vaccinations in the coming weeks," the Victorian department spokesperson said.

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