Igihembwe cy'ibihembo byitiriwe Nobel 2020 cyatangiriye uyu munsi ku cy'ubuvuzi: cyahawe Abanyamerika babiri n'Umwongereza bavumbuye virusi ya hepatite C itera indwara z'umwijima. Abahembwe ni Harvey Alter na Charles Rice bo muri Leta zunze ubumwe z'Amerika na Michael Houghton w'Umwongereza,
Nk'uko ikigo Nobel kibitanganza, Harvey Alter afite imyaka 85 y'amavuko. Yavutse mu 1935 mu mujyi wa New York, mu burasirazuba bwa Leta zunze ubumwe z'Amerika. Ubushakashatsi bwe yabukoreye mu kigo cy'igihugu cy'ubuzima, the U.S. National Institutes of Health kiri mu mujyi wa Bethesda, muri leta ya Maryland, mu nkengero za Washington D.C. N'ubu ni ho agikora.
Charles Rice afite imyaka 68 y'amavuko. Yavutse mu 1952 i Sacramento, umurwa mukuru wa leta ya California, mu burengerazuba bwa Leta zunze ubumwe z'Amerika. Yakoreye ubushakashatsi bwe muri kaminuza Washington iri mu mujyi wa St. Louis, muri leta ya Missouri, mu burengerazuba bwo hagati bwa Leta zunze ubumwe z'Amerika. Muri iki gihe, Charles Rice akorera muri kaminuza Rockefeller i New York.
Michael Houghton afite imyaka 70 y'amavuko. Yavukiye mu Bwongereza. Yize muri California muri Leta zunze ubumwe z'Amerika, nyuma ajya gutura no gukorera muri kaminuza y'Alberta muri Canada.
Komite Nobel yabayehembeye "uruhare rukomeye bagize mu bikorwa byo kurwanya hepatite C, itera urushwima (cirrhose mu Gifaransa) na canseri y'umwijima, ikibazo kiremereye isi yose."
Ku buremere bw'iyi hepatite C, OMS (ishami ry'Umuryango w'Abibumbye ryita ku buzima, ivuga ko abantu bagera kuri miliyoni 70 barwaye iyi virusi ku isi yose, mu gige yica abantu ibihumbi 400 buri mwaka ku isi.
Harvey Alter, Charles Rice na Michael Houghton bazagabana igihembo gifite agaciro k'amadolari arenga miliyoni imwe. Kubera icyorezo cya virusi ya Corona, imihango yo gushyikiriza mu biganza byabo abantu bazahabwa ibihembo Nobel byose muri uyu mwaka ntizaba uko bisanzwe ku italiki ya 10 y'ukwa 12 i Stockholm, umurwa mukuru wa Suede. Bose bazabyakirira mu bihugu byabo.
Nyuma y'iki gihembo cy'ubuvuzi, abazahabwa ibindi bihembo Nobel byose bazatangazwa muri iki cyumweru cyose: icy'ubugenge (physique) ejo, icy'ubutabire (chimie) kuwa gatatu, icy'ubwanditsi kuwa kane, icy'amahoro kuwa gatanu, n'icy'ubukungu kuwa mbere utaha.
By'umwihariko, mu gihe ibindi bitangirwa i Stockholm muri Suede, igihembo cy'amahoro kitiriwe Nobel cyo gitangirwa mu mujyi wa Oslo, umurwa mukuru wa Norvege,
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