Pam Rogers' son Christopher has a disability and is at a high risk of severe illness if he contracts the virus, meaning the family has continued on in lockdown to protect him.

"We haven't been going anywhere. Christopher hasn't been to school since July and he ... pretty much hasn't left the house," Ms Rogers said.

"It's too risky for us, because we know that if he does get it, he won't survive."

The Therapeutic Goods Administration on Saturday declared the Pfizer vaccine as safe and effective for children aged five to 11.

The rollout is expected to start on January 10, pending final approval from the nation's expert vaccine panel, known as ATAGI, and the results of batch testing.

Getting Christopher and his sister Charlotte vaccinated will mean being able to shop at the supermarket for groceries, rather than getting them delivered.

It will mean seeing family for the first time in a long time, and that Ms Rogers and husband Tom can mingle with friends once again.

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"We really want to get him protected and we want to give him the best chance to to fight whatever is coming his way," Ms Rogers said.

"So as soon as it's announced, I'll be calling the doctor to get an appointment for him to get jabbed."

Ainslie Family Practice Medical Director Dr David Brand said he'd already received plenty of interest from parents.

"In Canberra we've had such high vaccination rates and for ordinary childhood vaccinations, we get very high vaccination rates," he said.

"I'm not surprised that parents are very interested in getting the kids vaccinated as well, particularly for Pfizer."

Getting these kids vaccinated would protect older Australians as well, Dr Brand said.

"As a doctor, a parent and a grandparent, I'm very happy that five- to 11-year-olds are being vaccinated," he said.

"Because they're going to be better protected, but not only that, they'll be less likely as grandkids to give it to their grandparents."

Ms Rogers' son Christopher and sister Charlotte will be eligible for their COVID-19 vaccines from next year, though two of his siblings will still be too young.

It means life can get back to "a little bit more normal" for the Rogers family, a sentiment echoed by ANU infectious disease specialist Dr Sanjaya Senanayake.

"Omicron has shown us there'll always be concerns about new variants emerging and their ability to bypass the vaccines or evade the vaccines," he said.

"Which will mean if they can do that, then we have to update our vaccines."

"Having said all that, life will be should be returning to normal ... maybe not the same as it was before COVID, but a lot more normal than it has been for the last two years."

"So people can enjoy life a bit more, can travel and intermingle as they haven't been able to do in 2020 and most of 2021."

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr on Monday said the territory would be in a position to roll out Pfizer vaccines to five- to 11-year-olds from the middle of January.

"It is fundamentally important that when we get to ... June of next year that we've vaccinated the five- to 11-year-olds and every adult that can possibly get a booster dose, gets that booster dose," Mr Barr said.

"As soon as we've got the next level of fine detail about exactly how the program will roll out in the ACT, we will make the community aware of it."

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