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Nobel laureates receive prizes at home amid Covid-19 pandemic
Nobel laureates will receive their prizes at home this week following the cancellation of the traditional Stockholm and Oslo ceremonies.The awards in the six categories were announced in nearly typical fashion in October, albeit with fewer reporters in physical attendance.However, none of the winners will travel to Stockholm or Oslo to receive their diplomas and medals due to the Covid-19 pandemic.The ceremonies are traditionally held on December 10, the anniversary of the 1896 death of the prize's founder, Swedish entrepeneur and inventor of dynamite Alfred Nobel.The lavish Stockholm ceremony hasn't been cancelled since World War II, and the last time the Oslo ceremony was scrapped was in 1976 when the peace prize was "reserved" until the