Colonel Young is the state commander of the COVID-19 "operation assist", where the Australian government has committed teams to help in welfare, compliance and vaccinations across the country.

A vaccination blitz will take place in Dubbo and across remote areas of northwestern NSW over the next two months. It begins on Saturday, when the first walk-in clinic will open in Pioneer Park in West Dubbo.

"We've got five teams, what we call Vaccination Outreach Teams which will total about 70 personnel, and they will be delivering those services to different locations, starting here in Dubbo and heading out to regional areas over the next eight weeks," Colonel Young said.

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"We're very happy to be here. We hope we can assist the community in recovering in this pandemic."

Anyone can go to the clinic for a Pfizer jab without booking an appointment, they just need a Medicare card.

"I really would encourage the community, particularly the community in West Dubbo to come and get a vaccination on the weekend," Western NSW Local Health District chief executive Scott McLachlan said.

"We're seeing significant increases in the number of people being vaccinated, right across the whole of the region, about 25,000 people every fortnight and that's increasing by 30 per cent every week.

"I expect to see that double in the next two months."

Some of the 50 ADF members who are already here, have been working with local police distributing care hampers to people across the city who are self-isolating.

They will also pair up with police to conduct compliance checks.

Deputy Commissioner Michael Willing, head of NSW Regional Field Operations, was also in his home town of Dubbo on Thursday to welcome the ADF partnership.

"The ADF have a longstanding history of working closely with police and I've already seen the ADF on the ground in the last day or so delivering support packages to people who are having to self-isolate at the moment," Deputy Commissioner Willing said.

"I want to thank the community of Dubbo... I am born and bred here in Dubbo and I've seen Dubbo go through challenging times before and it's the community cohesion that always gets Dubbo through difficult times."

Twenty-four infringement notices were issued in Dubbo over Wednesday night, and 6 people were charged.

"It's sobering for me to be here at this time but I know Dubbo will pull together and get through this."

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