The current COVID-19 pandemic is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This virus gains entry to host cells via ACE2, which is expressed by type 2 alveolar epithelial cells in the lungs and by cells in other tissues, including the heart, kidney and blood vessels. Researchers now show that SARS-CoV-2 can infect human blood vessel and kidney organoids and that this infection can be inhibited by human recombinant soluble ACE2 (hrsACE2).