Ebola claimed 2,800 lives over six months, WHO study reveals

The six-month situation report assesses the situation in the three countries at the center of the outbreak; Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

The death toll from Ebola in West Africa has now climbed to more than 2,800, with 5,800 cases confirmed as of Monday, the World Health Organization said.

In the six months since this outbreak was first formally reported, 181 of the 337 health care workers that have been infected, have died, the WHO said.

The six-month situation report assesses the situation in the three countries at the center of the outbreak; Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

In a somewhat more encouraging sign, the WHO indicates that "countries with well-developed health systems and services are unlikely to see much - if any - onward transmission of Ebola virus disease following an imported case."