It now takes Chinese people two to three hours longer to go to sleep due to the epidemic during the past year, with more than 300 million Chinese people currently suffering sleep disorders, according to a recent sleep research report issued by Chinese Sleep Research Society.
Over the past year, because of the epidemic, people are spending more time at home, but the overall time it takes to fall asleep has been prolonged by two to three hours, and searches for sleep problems on the Internet have increased by 43 percent, CCTV reported on Sunday.
Among the 300 million Chinese people who are suffering sleep disorders, more than three-quarters of them fall asleep after 11 pm, and nearly one-third cannot fall asleep until 1 am.
A comment made by TV show host Zhu Guangquan he "felt sleepy all the time apart from bedtime" evoked a great deal of sympathy from netizens. Many Weibo users agreed that the remark is really sad, as they feel asleep during work but cannot sleep at bedtime. Some commented that they only get to sleep as late as 2 am.
Some netizens also joked, "Don't stay up late, as it's really bad for your phone."
