Andorran National bioethics committee

• Considerations on bioethical conflicts in a pandemic situation  (in French)

Austrian Bioethics Commission

• Publications, recommendations and opinions, annual reports, studies

The Armenian Human Rights Defender

• Information note on activities of the Armenian Human Rights Defender in the state of emergency  (in English)

Bioethics Advisory Committee

• Opinion n ° 75 of 11 December 2020 relating to ethical benchmarks for the deployment of anti-COVID-19 vaccination for the benefit of the Belgian population  (in French)
• Ethical aspects relating to the prioritization of care during COVID-19(in French)

Ministry of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Covid19 in Bosnia and Herzegovina (in English)

• Official government website for accurate and verified information on Coronavirus

Cyprus National Bioethics Committee

• Opinion on vaccinations against covid-19 

Danish Health Authority

• COVID-19 website : information about COVID-19, preventing infection, vaccination against COVID-19 (in English)

• Ethical framework for COVID-19 vaccination (in Estonian)

The National Advisory Board on Social Welfare and Health Care Ethics (ETENE)

• Social and health care ethical principles also apply under Emergency conditions (in Finnish)

National Consultative Ethics Committee (CCNE)

• Ethical issues relating to the vaccination against Covid-19 of children and adolescents (in French) 
• Ethical issues during de-containment: Responsibility, solidarity and trust (in French) 
• Contribution of the National Consultative Ethics Committee: Ethical issues facing a pandemic(in French)
• Contribution of the Ethics and Biosciences Platform (Genotoul Societal), UNESCO Chair in Ethics, Science and Society: COVID-19 Ethics, Regulatory and Institutional Watch Bulletin (in French) 
• Response to the referral from the Ministry of Solidarity and Health on strengthening protection measures in nursing homes and USLDs  (French)
• Ethical issues of a vaccine policy against Sars-CoV-2  (French)
• Ethical issues raised by vaccination against Covid-19 (in French)

Scientific Council

• Opinion of the scientific council covid-19 (French)

National Digital Ethics Pilot Committee (CNPEN)

• Press release relating to the digital ethics issues of epidemiological monitoring after confinement

National Health Conference

• Opinion of April 2 "relating to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis" (French)
• Opinion of April 15 : "Health democracy put to the test by COVID-19". (French)

National Consultative Commission for Human Rights (CNCDH)

• Opinion on digital tracking of people

Federal Ministry of Health

• Corona virus daily updates (in German) (English version - selected content)

The Robert Koch Institute

• COVID-19 in Germany (in English) (in German)

German Ethics Council 

• Ad Hoc Recommendation "On Mandatory Vaccination against Covid-19 for Employees with a Particular Professional Responsibility" 
• Ad hoc Recommendation “Special Rules for Vaccinated People?” 
• A Modicum of Social Contact in Long-term Care during the Covid-19 Pandemic 
• Ad hoc statement “Solidarity and Responsibility During the Coronavirus Crisis”
• Opinion Regarding Covid-19 Immunity Certificates (in English) (in German)
• Press release summarizing the ad hoc statement of the German Ethics Council (in English) 
• Full text of the ad-hoc recommendation  (in English)
• Recommendations for fair and regulated access to a COVID-19 vaccine (in English) (in German)
• Triage – Prioritising Intensive Care Resources under Pandemic Conditions (in English) (in German)

German Interdisciplinary Association of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 

• Decisions on resource allocation in emergency and intensive care medicine in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic (German) 
• Documentation Aid –Template 

German Institute for Human Rights and the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Republic of Poland

• Human rights of older persons during a pandemic

German Competency Network Public Health on COVID-19 Ethics

• Policy Brief: Public Health Ethics and Covid-19 
• Policy Brief: Ethical principles for the Coronavirus Global Response
• Policy Brief: Vaccination Policy
• Background Paper: Ethics of digital contact tracing apps for the Covid-19 pandemic response 

Working group of members of the Standing committee on vaccination, the German ethics council and the National academy of sciences leopoldina

• Joint position paper on how should access to a COVID-19 vaccine be regulated? 

The Hellenic National Bioethics Commission

• The bioethical dimension of individual responsibility in response to COVID 19 (in Greek) (Summary in English)

Government of Ireland

• Ethical framework for decision-making in a pandemic
• Procedural Values for Decision-Making in a Pandemic
• Ethical considerations relating to long-term residential care facilities
• Ethical considerations relating to critical care in the context of COVID-19

Italian National bioethics committee

• Opinion - Covid 19: clinical decision-making in conditions of resource shortage and the “pandemic emergency triage” criterion
• Opinion - Covid-19: public health, individual freedom, social solidarity
• Opinion - Biomedical research for novel therapeutic treatments within the Covid-19 Pandemic: ethical issues
• Opinion - Covid-19 and children: from birth to schoola age
• Opinion - Vaccines and Covid-19: ethical aspects on research, costs and distribution
• Motion - Loneliness among sick people in healthcare facilities in times of pandemic
• Motion - Vaccination urgency: bioethical aspects
• Opinion - Vaccine passport, Certificate and Green pass, within the Covid-19 pandemic: bioethical aspects (to be translated into English soon)
• Opinion on Anti-Covid-19 vaccines and adolescents 

Italian National Institute of Health

• Digital support for contact tracing during the pandemic: ethical and governance considerations (in English)
• Territorial surveillance and protection of public health: some ethical and legal issues (in English)
• Emergency communication in the COVID-19 units. Ethical aspects. Version of May 25, 2020 (in English)

Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania:

• Relevant information about Coronavirus (COVID-19) (in English)
• Decree “The Procedure of the Triage of the Patients in the Context of Extreme Situations” (2013, May 16, No. V-523) (in Lithuanian)

Lithuanian Bioethics Committee

• Statement on  the importance of responsible communication about Covid-19 vaccination with patients and the public (in in Lithuanian)
• Recommendations regarding clinical research during Covid-19 Pandemic (in Lithuanian)

Treatment and Nursing of Covid-19 Patients in Intensive Care Unit.

• Practical Recommendations (in Lithuanian)

Commission Nationale d'Ethique (CNE) 

• Essential ethical benchmarks when orienting patients in a context of limited available therapeutic resources due to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis (in French)

Luxembourg Government

• Information related to the epidemic

People's Advocate (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Moldova  

• Review on People's Advocate (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Moldova initiatives under emergency conditions 

Government of Netherlands

• Information on Covid19

National Institute for Public Health and the environment

• Information on Covid19

Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

• Navigating and anticipating in uncertain times

The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Republic of Poland and the German Institute for Human Rights

• Human rights of older persons during a pandemic

National Council of Ethics for Life Sciences (CNECV) 

• Statement COVID-19 Key Considerations 
• Ethical aspects of the public health emergency caused by Covid-19

San Marino National Bioethics Committee

• The pandemic at a distance: indirect effects 
• Bioethics in the transformation of communication: knowledge as defence against fake news
• Statement on ethical issues regarding the use of invasive assisted ventilation in patients all age with serious disabilities in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic 
• Opinion on COVID-19 and animal management 
• Information on other health ordinances  
• Answer to the requested opinion on ethical issues regarding the "share the solidarity mask" project 
• Vaccine coverage against SARS-COV-2. The bioethical bases for a health pact
• Humanisation of care and end-of-life support in the event of pandemics 

The Medical Ethics Commission 

• Decision of physicians regarding the involvement of respirators in the treatment of patients severely affected with SARS-cov2 disease 

Spanish Bioethics Committee

• Report on the bioethical aspects of prioritizing health resources in the context of the coronavirus crisis  (in Spanish)
• Declaration on the right and duty to facilitate accompaniment and spiritual assistance to patients with COVID-19 at the end of their lives and in situations of special vulnerability (in Spanish)

Ministry of Health

• Report of the Ministry of Health on ethical aspects in pandemic situations: SARS-CoV-2  (in English)
• Report of the Ministry of Health on ethical aspects in pandemic situations: SARS-CoV-2  (in Spanish)

Bioethics and Law Observatory (University of Barcelona)

• Recommendations for ethical decision-making on patient access to special care units in pandemic situations. OBD Consensus Document (in Spanish)

Spanish Bar Foundation

• The ten pillars of the protection of human rights during a pandemic  (in English) (in Spanish)

The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare 

• National principles for prioritizing in the ICU under extraordinary circumstances (in Swedish) 
• Triage in primary care units (in Swedish)

LINKS (in Swedish)

• The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare’s documents for staff within health care
• The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare’s documents for staff within nursing homes and home care
• Information from The Public Health Agency in Sweden

The Swedish National Council on Medical Ethics

• Report: Ethical choices in a pandemic

National Advisory Commission on Biomedical Ethics

• Position paper on “Digital tracing of contacts as a tool to fight the pandemic - essential aspects from an ethical point of view” (in German) (in French)
• Corona pandemic: the protection of life and solidarity are at the center of an ethical perspective (in German) (in French)

Ministry of Health

• COVID-19 situation report

Acıbadem University

• A bioehtical perspective for COVID-19 infectious disease pandemic (in Turkish, with an abstract in English)

United Kingdom Government

• Guidance - Pandemic flu
• NHS COVID-19 app

Nuffield Council on bioethics

• New policy briefing on fair and equitable access to COVID-19 treatments and vaccines
• Statement: COVID-19 and the basics of democratic governance
• Ethical considerations in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic 
• Guide to the ethics of surveillance and quarantine for novel coronavirus
• Briefing - COVID-19 antibody testing and ‘immunity certification’ 
• COVID-19: biomedical testing, risk profiling and immunocapitalism
• Research in global health emergencies: ethical issues

Ada Lovelace Institute

• Digital contact tracing : "Should the UK Government use technology to transition from the COVID-19 global public health crisis"

Health Research Authority (HRA)

• Making changes to a research study to manage the impact of COVID

National Institue for Health Research (NIHR)

• Urgent Public Health COVID-19 Studies

House of Commons Science and Technology Committee

• Inquiry : UK Science, Research and Technology Capability and Influence in Global Disease Outbreaks

House of Commons and House of Lords Joint Committee on Human Rights

• The Government’s response to COVID-19: human rights implications 

UK Collaborative on Development Research (UKCDR) and the Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness (GloPID-R)

• 7 Funder principles for research in epidemics

The Public Health Ethics Committee (CESP) and the Commission for Ethics in Science and Technology (CEST)

• Statement : “framework for reflection on the ethical issues linked to the COVID-19 pandemic” (in french)

Government of Canada

• Public health ethics framework: A guide for use in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
• Scientific Considerations for Using COVID-19 Vaccination Certificates

Vatican Covid-19 Commision and the Pontifical Academy for Life

• Vaccine for all. 20 points for a fairer and healthier world

Pontifical Academy for Life, Dicastery of the Holy See

• Pandemic and universal brotherhood 

National bioethics commission of Mexico

• Statement: Bioethics in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic (in English)
• Recommendations regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, from a bioethical approach (in English)

The Hastings Center 

• Ethical Challenges in the Middle Tier of Covid-19 Vaccine Allocation: Guidance for Organizational Decision-Making

Republican Center on Bioethics

• COVID-19 and bioethics (in Russian)