N.J. Governor Chris Christie Says Nurse May Finish Ebola Quarantine at Home

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has allowed a nurse who recently traveled from West Africa to the U.S. to complete her Ebola quarantine at home.

The nurse, Kaci Hickox, had traveled back to the U.S. last week after treating Ebola patients in Sierra Leone, West Africa. Although she says she did not have any symptoms, including a fever, she was reportedly kept in a quarantine tent outside of a Newark hospital.

Hickox blasted the quarantine policy and Christie, saying that because she possesses not symptoms of the virus, she believes being kept in such a strict quarantine was a violation of her "basic human rights."

"This is an extreme that is really unacceptable, and I feel like my basic human rights have been violated," the nurse told CNN over the weekend, adding that she believes her quarantine is a "knee-jerk reaction by politicians" to the Ebola hype, adding "to quarantine someone without a better plan in place, without more forethought, is just preposterous."

On Monday, Christie announced that Hickox would be able to complete her quarantine at home in Maine. His announcement came after the nurse hired a civil rights attorney to work for her release. The lawyer reportedly threatened to file a federal civil rights lawsuit against New Jersey for her quarantine process.

New Jersey's governor said in a statement Monday that he's "hopeful that this morning if all goes well we'll be able to release her and send her back to Maine."