The Scottish Government announced the first case of Covid-19 on March 1 2020, in a Tayside resident who had recently travelled from Italy and was admitted to hospital and treated in isolation.
One year on, the country is once again in lockdown and 9,347 people have died with the virus, according to National Records of Scotland (NRS) data.
But a routemap out of this lockdown has been announced and the vaccination programme is making promising progress.
Here are the 48 key dates from the last 12 months in pictures.
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9. October 2020
OCTOBER 2 - SNP MP Margaret Ferrier apologises for travelling to London to debate the coronavirus response in the UK Parliament while experiencing Covid-19 symptoms before testing positive and returning to Scotland. OCTOBER 9 - Pubs and licensed restaurants in five health boards begin enforced closure amid new restrictions. October 23 - The new five-tier system of restrictions is unveiled with “cautious optimism” from the First Minister. Each council area will be moved into a level of restrictions dictated by prevalence of the virus. October 29 - Ms Sturgeon says the tiers are the country’s best chance of avoiding another national lockdown. Photo: Jane Barlow
10. November 2020
NOVEMBER 18 - NRS figures show more than 5,000 people have died with coronavirus. NOVEMBER 20 - Glasgow, Stirling and Lanarkshire move to Level 4, the highest tier of restrictions. NOVEMBER 26 - The Scottish Government publishes guidance on what restrictions will be eased over Christmas. Photo: Victoria Jones
11. December 2020
DECEMBER 8 - The vaccination programme presents the “beginning of the end”, the First Minister says, as the first jabs are given. DECEMBER 19 - The Christmas “bubble” policy is scaled back with indoor household mixing only allowed on Christmas Day and a travel ban imposed between Scotland and the rest of the UK. DECEMBER 23 - Ms Sturgeon apologises for breaking coronavirus rules having been photographed not wearing a face mask at a funeral wake. DECEMBER 26 - Mainland Scotland enters Level 4 for three weeks. DECEMBER 31 - Ms Sturgeon urges households not to mix on Hogmanay as Scotland records the highest number of new cases since the pandemic began for the third day in a row. Photo: Jane Barlow
12. January 2021
JANUARY 4 - The Scottish Parliament is recalled. Schools are closed and mainland Scotland returns to lockdown the next day to combat a new, more infectious strain spreading. Scots begin receiving doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. JANUARY 13 - A ban on drinking alcohol outdoors in lockdown areas and further restrictions on takeaways are announced. JANUARY 27 - The UK death toll passes 100,000. Ms Sturgeon says she is “truly sorry” for mistakes made. JANUARY 28 - Large-scale manufacturing of vaccine candidate begins at Valneva in Livingston. If approved, it will deliver up to 60 million doses to the UK by the end of this year. Photo: Jacob King