The number of research involving human subjects on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) is surging, bringing challenges to the ethical review committee (ERC) in terms of reviewing speed and special ethical considerations under the pandemic. However, the existing ethical review system and regulations have their limitations to meet the demand for a prompt and efficient epidemic control. Since the research under the public health emergency is different from that carried out in familiar situations to design and implementation, the strategy for a satisfactory ERC response should balance the duty of protecting individual participants as well as the special public needs derived from the disease control. It is suggested that the ethical review‐related regulations need to be updated, and a unified supervision system to the overall ERC is required. ERC collaboration, capacity‐improving and efficiency‐improving measures need to be taken. With respect to the reviewing guidelines, it is suggested that the international norms should be explained with more consideration of the local condition and the exceptional circumstances in this public health emergency. A joint effort needs to be taken for better research conduction.

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进行COVID-19研究时研究伦理的挑战和策略。

涉及人类冠状病毒疾病2019（COVID-19）的研究数量正在激增，这给伦理审查委员会（ERC）带来了对大流行流行的审查速度和特殊伦理考虑的挑战。但是，现有的道德审查制度和法规有其局限性，无法满足对迅速有效的流行病控制的需求。由于在突发公共卫生事件下的研究与在熟悉的情况下进行的设计和实施不同，因此，对ERC做出满意反应的策略应兼顾保护个人参与者和疾病控制产生的特殊公共需求的责任。建议需要更新与道德审查相关的法规，并且需要对整个ERC进行统一的监督。需要采取ERC合作，提高能力和提高效率的措施。关于审查指南，建议在解释国际规范时应更多考虑当地情况和本次突发公共卫生事件中的特殊情况。为了更好地进行研究，需要共同努力。