On September 23, 2021, the Nobel Foundation announced that due to the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, the 2021 Nobel Prize winners in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Economics will continue in the same way as last year, in their respective countries.

Received relevant awards instead of attending the awards ceremony in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, as is the tradition.

Vidal Helgesson, CEO of the Nobel Foundation, said in a press release issued by the foundation that day that this decision was made based on the development of the new coronavirus epidemic and the uncertainty of international travel.

This year’s Nobel Prize Week celebrations will still be held online and offline.

The Nobel Prize Award Dinner is also canceled. The Nobel Foundation said that this year it will continue last year’s practice of canceling the Nobel Prize Award Dinner.

December 10 is the death anniversary of Swedish chemist and inventor Nobel, and the annual Nobel Prize award ceremony is scheduled to be held on this day.

As usual, the winners of each award that year will go to Stockholm to attend the award ceremony and dinner, and participate in a series of Nobel Week activities such as winners' lectures and concerts.

Affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, the 2020 Nobel Prize winners received relevant awards in their respective countries, and the organizers broadcast the award ceremony online at Stockholm City Hall.

That year's Nobel Prize award banquet was also canceled due to the epidemic.