The ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic situation is known to each and every individual. Almost every country has been affected by the devastating Coronavirus(COVID-19) disease. The pandemic threatens to reverse hard-won gains made in global health and human capital over the past decade. The mandated confinement and social distancing measures in force during an extended period of time, will make it beneficial to flatten the curve of transmission. Artificial intelligence could play an important part in the post-COVID recovery, helping to boost productivity and foster a new generation of innovative companies. While this situation happens to worsen day by day, it is very much essential for everyone to follow some rules in order to remain safe than to get badly affected with its consequences.

The frontline warriors are working hard to save many lives but it is more of an individual’s responsibility to fight one’s own battle and not compromise their health. Few ways suggested for it are: Washing hands regularly, maintaining social distance, wear face mask regularly and staying quarantined, if unwell

Here, I have tried to design a custom deep learning model of Face Mask Detector using OpenCV, Keras/Tensorflow libraries which detects if an individual is wearing a face mask or not and alerting for the same.

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