Fears over the coronavirus will see the Nobel prize feast dropped without precedent for over 50 years, Swedish day by day Dagens Nyheter gave an account of Tuesday.

Nobel Prize champs for 2020 will be declared however the dinner, which is constantly hung on December 10 and ordinarily draws around 1,300 visitors, won't proceed.

"There are two issues. You can not suspect that numerous individuals close to one another. Also, it is dubious whether individuals can make a trip to Sweden to the degree they need," Nobel Foundation Chairman Lars Heikensten told Dagens Nyheter.

The last time the meal was dropped was in 1956, in a fight at the Soviet Union's attack of Hungary. It was likewise dropped during World War One and Two.

The Nobel establishment was not promptly accessible for input.

The prizes for accomplishments in science, writing, and harmony were made and subsidized in the desire of Swedish explosive creator and specialist Alfred Nobel and have been granted since 1901.