nhk world's catherine kobyashi reports. >> reporter: people in georgia have been sheltering in place for less than a month, but their governor wasas eagerer to reopee state. so nowow they're free to g get haircut, go to a restaurant or the gym. >> they have to feed their children. they have bills to pay, they have mortgages, they have car payments. >> reporter: georgia's governor disregarded white house guidelines on the outbreak. they suggest confirmed cases should be falling over 2 weeks before states start to reopen. still south carolina, oklahoma, alaskaka and a number of other stateses have already easedd up and others are soon to follow. residents in california are still under orders to stay home. but temperatures there make it seem like summer, and crowds ignored the rules to hit the beach. new york has seen more cases than a anywhere. the governonor hasas extended t lock down until may 15th and will extend it again in many parts of the state. >> we have to learn the lessons, we have to move forward, and we have to be smart. because if you are not smart you will see that infec

nhk world's catherine kobyashi reports. >> reporter: americans have grown unaccustomed to seeing a few of their neighbors gathered together, but some are disregarding the rules to show their frustration. hundreds protested in pennsylvania against orders to stay home, something they say infringes on their civil liberties. >> i really wish they would open us up. >> reporter: new york's governor wants to open up, too, but not yet. >> you don't need protests to convince anyone in this country that we have to get back to work and we have to get the economy going, and we have to get out of our homes, nobody. >> cuomo says the situation in new york hospitals has been chaotic even hellish. but fewer people are entering hospitals, and fewer people are dying. cuomo has said throughout the crisis that testing was crucial to stopping the spread. now state health officials have started asking people at grocery stores to submit to a blood test. they'll collect 3,000 samples, an approach cuomo calls the first true snapshot of how many people have been infected. but he says people will still have to k