The putative disease genes identified by the GWAS of severe COVID-19 were enriched in monocytes and dendritic cells (DC), and COVID-19-associated variants had context and cell type-specific eQTL effects, with the IFNAR2 variant (rs13050728) in particular having COVID-19-specific and monocytes-specific eQTL effect. This evidence concerns the gene IFNAR2 and COVID-19.