General Article Pandemic has let us finally get enough sleep, say scientists

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People are enjoying on average 30-40 minutes’ more sleep on week days as they work from home.

By Laurence Dodds

The world is finally getting the right amount of sleep thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, a British scientist has said, after data showed people across the globe had been able to stay in bed for an extra hour.

Academic research using figures from Sleep as Android, a sleep-tracking app, found users had woken up much later on average after March 2020 than they did last year, while th...

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