The Swedish Ethical Review Authority now provides the opportunity for priority handling for ethics review of applications related to covid-19 research. The authority has established a procedure for priority handling, as such research can be very important and in many cases of almost immediate importance to public health and critical social interests in the current situation. More information can be found on the Swedish Ethical Review Authority’s website (in Swedish): https://etikprovningsmyndigheten.se/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/INFORMATION-COVID-19.pdf