The centres, which were originally designed to identify asymptomatic carriers in the community are now responsible for identifying active cases of the virus.

Outpatient and radiology consultations will continue to be called off - and emergency departments will still experience long delays.

Hackers have threatened to post confidential medical files on the dark web, if they haven't received a ransom payment by today.

Patients are facing into a second week of disruption

The issues around the cyber attack won't be resolved by next week

It may take several weeks for the health service to get back fully on track

It's understood the hackers provided the key