ROME (AP) - The World Food Program will receive its Nobel Peace Prize Thursday, in an event very different from the traditional pomp-filled celebration in the Norwegian capital because of the coronavirus outbreak.In Oslo, the head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Berit Reiss-Andersen, will give a webcast statement, after which David Beasley, the U.N.
agency boss, will give an acceptance speech from Rome, where it is based. The body was given the prestigious award for efforts to combat hunger.This year, 12 laureates were named across the six categories.
All but the Peace Prize have been awarded over the past days at low-key ceremonies across Europe and the United States in the places where the winners live.RELATED: Nobel prize ceremonies.