2020: The COVID-19 pandemic begins
These photos were taken between March 2020, when COVID-19 was first detected in Austin, and December 2020, when the first vaccines were available for medical personnel.
Maria Ortega holds a photo of her mother Rachel Luna at her home in north Austin on Wednesday May 6, 2020. Luna, a resident at West Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, died of COVID-19.
People wait in a line of cars at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site at Community Care clinic at the Hancock Center on June 27, 2020.
Dr. Margaret Coates reacts after getting the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine at the University of Texas Health Austin Dell Medical School on Tuesday December 15, 2020.
Maria Ortega holds a photo of her mother Rachel Luna at her home in north Austin on Wednesday May 6, 2020. Luna, a resident at West Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, died of COVID-19.