Norwegian conscripts told to return underwear as Covid hits supplies

Newly discharged conscripts to hand back items including socks and bras, to be washed and reused

Norwegian conscripts are to return their underwear after completing military service for the next recruits, as the army struggles with dwindling supplies due to Covid.

Norway, which guards Nato's northern borders and shares a border with Russia, calls up about 8,000 young men and women for military service every year and until recently allowed newly discharged conscripts to leave barracks with the underwear they were issued.