South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that the African Union has started the distribution of 400 million Covid vaccines to member states. He says several countries will receive the first of the monthly shipments on Thursday and the AU's aim is to deliver 25 million vaccines a month by January. He says it is a momentous step forward in Africa’s efforts to safeguard the health and well-being of its people. He added that this will provide impetus to the fight against Covid-19 across the continent and will lay the basis for Africa’s social and economic recovery. The AU says the 400 million vaccines should be enough to immunise a third of the continent's population and bring Africa halfway towards the goal of vaccinating at least 60% of the people.