Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack on Friday confirmed Wagga as one of 11 hospitals chosen by NSW to be 'vaccine hubs' as part of the initial rollout of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in the state.

The hubs will be part of Phase 1a of Australia's vaccination strategy, with Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD) doctors and aged care staff and residents to be the target of this initial rollout.

"This is keeping our medical professionals safe and through them, the community safe," Mr McCormack said.

Mr McCormack said the government was currently working on a timeline that would see the Pfizer vaccine distributed to Wagga in a month.

"We're looking at a late February rollout, so we're working steadily towards that," he said.

"If it's not late February, then early March."

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He said hospitals in Wagga and Dubbo had been chosen because they were large regional centres.

"We want to make sure we get the vaccine out as soon as we can," he said.

"The more people who take the vaccine, the less chance we have of an outbreak and that's critical."

He said the MLHD was "ready and very, very able" to roll out the vaccine once it was distributed to the hospital.

Hubs for the Pfizer vaccine must have the infrastructure to store it at -70 degrees Celsius, but Mr McCormack said the intention was to make vaccines available in as many sites as possible in the region to prevent people from needing to travel many hours to be vaccinated.

He said plans for the further rollout were yet to be announced but would likely involve the AstraZeneca vaccine, distributed through GP clinics across the Riverina.

Mr McCormack said the government would make the vaccines free for Australian residents and neighbouring Pacifc Island countries, and he hoped to see everyone in Australia vaccinated during the rollout.

"Better to get a jab in your arm, than in a few weeks time be lying in ICU, can't catch your breath, and be wondering why you didn't do it," he said.

"It makes pretty easy sense ... to get that COVID shot and to have that peace of mind, not only for yourself but for those around you, for those you love and for those you may not even know."