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Turkey Widens Virus Response With Central Bank’s Bond Buying

A pedestrian wearing a protective face mask passes retail stores closed to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Istanbul on March 25.Photographer: Kerem Uzel/Bloomberg

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By Constantine Courcoulas

March 31, 2020 at 11:58 AM UTC

Updated on

March 31, 2020 at 5:11 PM UTC

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Turkey’s central bank on Tuesday added to its emergency program to help contain the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak, as the country’s number of confirmed cases surged 25% and the death toll climbed to 214.