By Sky News US Team
A nurse who had protested against being quarantined can leave a New Jersey hospital and go home, officials said.
Kaci Hickox, who treated Ebola patients in West Africa, does not have any symptoms and had threatened to sue over being kept in isolation.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said she would be released and taken by private carrier to her home in Maine.
Once there, it will be up to local health officials to decide how to monitor her health for the duration of the incubation period, which lasts 21 days.
The Doctors Without Borders worker had no symptoms when she arrived in Newark on Friday, but developed a fever that prompted putting her in isolation, he New Jersey Department of Health said in a statement.
She is now symptom-free, it said.
Writing in The Dallas Morning News, Ms Hickox said: "This is not a situation I would wish on anyone, and I am scared for those who will follow me."
"Will they be made to feel like criminals and prisoners?" Ms Hickox said.
"The US must treat returning health care workers with dignity and humanity," said the nurse, who has a bed, a portable toilet and a sink, but no shower.
Her lawyer said the quarantine order violated her constitutional rights and threatened a lawsuit. But legal actions seems unlikely after Mr Christie announced she would be released.
"She was quietly happy," said lawyer Steven Hyman, who said he had spoken to the nurse by telephone.
"She wants this part of her ordeal to be over. She wants to return to her life."
Three states - New York, New Jersey and Illinois - introduced the mandatory 21-day quarantine period for anyone who has been involved in treating victims in West Africa.
Other states, including Virginia and Georgia, are also considering whether to impose the same regime.
However, the quarantine police have come under criticism that they may discourage health care workers from travelling to West Africa to help in the fight against Ebola.
Under mounting pressure, the governors of New York and New Jersey said on Sunday evening that quarantined medical workers who did not show symptoms could be allowed to remain at home.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said: "We're doing everything possible. Some people say we're being too cautious - I'll take that criticism."
Under the protocols, New York state will also pay compensation if quarantined workers are not paid by a volunteer organisation.
The US quarantines followed the positive diagnosis of doctor Craig Spencer, who fell ill days after returning to his New York City home from treating Ebola patients in Guinea.
He rode the subway and went bowling the night before he was admitted to hospital.
On Monday, a five-year-old boy was being kept under observation for possible Ebola symptoms.
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