On 23 March 2020, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced that people should only leave their homes to pick up essential supplies, to exercise at most once a day, to seek medical treatment or to go to travel to work if they are in keyworker roles. Here we take a look back at the empty Glasgow streets at this time, two years on.
5. Lockdown anniversary
The scene at Glasgow Green as Glasgow adapted to the first day of coronavirus lockdown in 2020. Photo: John Devlin
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A near empty Buchanan Street in March 2020. Photo: John Devlin
7. Lockdown anniversary
The new NHS Louisa Jordan hospital was ready to take its first coronavirus patients in April 2020. Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
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People were allowed out of the house once a day to exercise. Photo: John Devlin