The COVID-19 Pandemic caused by the new
Coronavirus is the cause of this 21st-century global health
crisis. It has forced the government to impose a lockdown
to prevent the transmission of the virus. This led to the
unprecedented shutdown of economic activities. The
health care system is in crisis. Many different types of
safety measures are being taken in order to reduce the
risk of the spread of this disease at unprecedented times.
Verified reports from renowned scientists and medial
health practitioner indicated that wearing a face mask
and maintaining social distance reduces the risk of
transmitting the virus. Hence, we decided on an approach
that is effective and economic by using deep learning
techniques to create a safe environment in setups such as
manufacturing plants, markets, malls, and other such
places. To demonstrate our approach, the training dataset
is composed of people, the images with and without the
masks, which are collected from a variety of sources and
use it in order to build a robust algorithm in order to
measure the social distance with the help of the classic
geometry methods. Our goal is to determine if a person is
wearing a mask, or whether or not they maintain social
distance as per protocols and guidelines which are given
by leading scientists and governments in this pandemic.
We hope that this study will serve as a useful tool for
reducing the spread of this dangerous infectious disease in
the world
Keywords : COVID-19, Face Mask Detection, Social Distancing, Deep Learning, CNN