I wondering, is there official announcement by the Monaco team regarding when will people start actually getting their cards.

CEO stated that they are not giving any dates now, but Q1 is a strong deadline for Monaco for a global roll-out and global beta launch.

I highly doubt it's global roll out because they have already said only Singapore users will get the card first, followed by the rest (Europe, etc).

https://imgur.com/a/Ts56a

And please see the Question Nr. 25 in the recent Q&A with CEO Kris from 9th January 2018.
http://docdro.id/svkoE33