Since last week, residents and staff at three residential aged care facilities in town have received their jabs, which were delivered by Federal Health Department officials who travelled to the facilities.

The first doses were delivered at two facilities in Katherine on Wednesday and Thursday last week under Phase 1A of the vaccine rollout, with doses being delivered at one more facility as of Monday this week.

"Residential aged care facilities are receiving vaccinations through in-reach teams, which visit individual facilities to offer vaccines to those residents who provide the appropriate consent," a department spokesperson said.

All recipients of a COVID-19 vaccine need to receive two doses several weeks apart, which means the recipients so far are still not fully vaccinated.

The spokesperson did not say which facilities received vaccinations, and said the department does not plan to release information about its vaccine schedule, even after it is finished.

The spokesperson said 14 aged care facilities in the NT have already received their jabs and four more are waiting on theirs to arrive this week.

The spokesperson did not reveal if the Katherine residents received the Pfizer vaccine or the AstraZeneca vaccine, but provided a general comment on the delivery of the Pfizer jab last month and future rollout plans.

"Vaccines were delivered Friday February 26 for both Pfizer hubs and aged care facilities in the Northern Territory.

"The Commonwealth is working with state and territory governments and logistics experts to ensure cold chain and vaccine supply across Australia, including rural and remote locations."

This comes after NT Health confirmed last week regional centres including Katherine will receive their share of COVID-19 vaccinations for front line workers within weeks.

NT Health are managing the vaccination rollout for most of Phase 1A while the Federal Government handles aged care and disability care facilities.

"Royal Darwin Hospital and Alice Springs Hospital Vaccination Hubs are developing plans with regional teams to vaccinate eligible staff as part of Phase 1A in Yulara, Tennant Creek, Katherine and Gove in the next couple of weeks," an NT Health spokeswoman said at the time.

As of last week nearly 1000 NT residents had received their initial jabs according to the spokeswoman.

NT residents who are being vaccinated under Phase 1A are:

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