Cyprus to return to lockdown conditions to stem virus spread

Men wearing face masks to prevent the spread of coronavirus talk on a bench at Elefphtheria, Liberty, square in central Nicosia, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. Cyprus is returning to lockdown mode for the remainder of the month with daytime restrictions on movement and a shuttering of schools after the country's health minister conceded that a raft of tough measures already in place including a night-time curfew weren't enough to curtail the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Women wearing face masks are reflected on the window of a closed shop, in central Nicosia, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. Cyprus is returning to lockdown mode for the remainder of the month with daytime restrictions on movement and a shuttering of schools after the country's health minister conceded that a raft of tough measures already in place including a night-time curfew weren't enough to curtail the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

A woman wearing face mask walks at a shopping street in central Nicosia, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. Cyprus is returning to lockdown mode for the remainder of the month with daytime restrictions on movement and a shuttering of schools after the country's health minister conceded that a raft of tough measures already in place including a night-time curfew weren't enough to curtail the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

A woman wearing a face mask walks at Archbishop Makarios shopping street in central capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. Cyprus is returning to lockdown mode for the remainder of the month with daytime restrictions on movement and a shuttering of schools after the country's health minister conceded that a raft of tough measures already in place including a night-time curfew weren't enough to curtail the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

A woman wearing a face mask sits at a bus stop in central capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. Cyprus is returning to lockdown mode for the remainder of the month with daytime restrictions on movement and a shuttering of schools after the country's health minister conceded that a raft of tough measures already in place including a night-time curfew weren't enough to curtail the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

A woman wearing face mask walks at a shopping street in central Nicosia, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. Cyprus is returning to lockdown mode for the remainder of the month with daytime restrictions on movement and a shuttering of schools after the country's health minister conceded that a raft of tough measures already in place including a night-time curfew weren't enough to curtail the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

A man wearing face mask speaks from his cell phone as walks outside of a shop at a shopping street in central Nicosia, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. Cyprus is returning to lockdown mode for the remainder of the month with daytime restrictions on movement and a shuttering of schools after the country's health minister conceded that a raft of tough measures already in place including a night-time curfew weren't enough to curtail the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

A woman wearing face mask crosses a street in central Nicosia, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. Cyprus is returning to lockdown mode for the remainder of the month with daytime restrictions on movement and a shuttering of schools after the country's health minister conceded that a raft of tough measures already in place including a night-time curfew weren't enough to curtail the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Women wearing face masks walk at Archbishop Makarios shopping street in central Nicosia, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. Cyprus is returning to lockdown mode for the remainder of the month with daytime restrictions on movement and a shuttering of schools after the country's health minister conceded that a raft of tough measures already in place including a night-time curfew weren't enough to curtail the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

A woman wearing a face mask walks along a shopping street in central capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. Cyprus is returning to lockdown mode for the remainder of the month with daytime restrictions on movement and a shuttering of schools after the country's health minister conceded that a raft of tough measures already in place including a night-time curfew weren't enough to curtail the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)