These States Are Beginning to Open for Business and Protestors Are Demanding Freedom: 'We're Free People!'

Plans are now in place in Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina and Texas to gradually open their state's economies after indications the coronavirus outbreak is slowing.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says gyms, barbershops, and bowling alleys can reopen Friday. Some restaurants and theaters will also open with social distancing.

South Carolina is set to allow most retail stores to reopen, but only at 20 percent capacity. Merchant Catherine Gouge said, "We're just really glad we can have people in the store again."

Tennessee is set to reopen most businesses on May 1.

Industry giants Boeing and Bobcat are also sending people back to work.

And protests continue in other states, as some Americans demand they open up.

In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, thousands protested the state's stay-at-home orders. One protester said, "We're not subjects, we're citizens, we're free people."

In Phoenix, protesters faced off with people dressed in scrubs as hundreds say they want their economy to reopen.