BICESTER'S Nike store has closed from today due to the coronavirus.

The sportswear brand announced on its website that its branches in America, Canada, Western Europe, Australia and New Zealand are shut to 'limit the spread' of Covid-19.

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In a statement it says: "The well-being of our teammates and consumers is our top priority so we have decided to close our stores in multiple countries around the world...

"These closures will go into effect from Monday, March 16 through Friday, March 27. Customers can continue to shop on Nike.com and on our Nike apps."

The store at Bicester Shopping Park closed for cleaning on March 6 with rumours circulating on social media that the manager had contracted coronavirus.

The brand's Nike-owned stores in South Korea, Japan, most of China and in many other countries remain open.