Spending Sleepless Nights During COVID: Why and What You Can Do Coronasomnia is a new term that has been coined taking into consideration the sleep-deprived state caused due to insomnia, which has been largely triggered by the coronavirus pandemic. | 27 May 2021 10:19 AM GMT Due to the many horrors inflicted upon human society by the novel coronavirus, people are reportedly having a difficult time trying to sleep peacefully. Coronasomnia is a new term that has been coined taking into consideration the sleep-deprived state caused due to insomnia, which has been largely triggered by the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. Anamika Rathore, consultant ENT/endoscopic sinus and sleep apnea surgeon, Bhatia Hospital Mumbai pointed out few factors that have resulted in sleep deprivation, also known as insomnia.