Whole of Shanghai enters COVID lockdown despite lower symptomatic cases

Workers in protective suit spray disinfectant at a community, during the lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Shanghai, China, April 5, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song

(This April 5 story corrects final paragraph to say the 23 cities account for 22% of GDP, not 13.6%)

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese authorities on Tuesday extended a lockdown in Shanghai to cover all of the financial centre's 26 million people, despite growing anger over quarantine rules in the city, where latest results show only 268 symptomatic daily COVID-19 cases.