COVID was initially detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, People's Republic of China, in late 2019, as reported by researchers. Subsequently, it rapidly disseminated to numerous nations at the beginning of 2020, ultimately manifested as a pandemic with worldwide prevalence. Regarded as one of the most severe pandemics in documented human history, this outbreak resulted in deaths and infection over a quite millions of individuals globally. Due to its airborne nature, the coronavirus can be transmitted through actions such as coughing, sneezing, talking, and similar activities. Enclosed spaces lacking sufficient airflow are more likely to facilitate the spread of air borne diseases. Wearing a face mask that can provide protection against airborne pollutants, considered as Standard Operation Procedures (SOPS) for COVID-19. It is crucial to monitor the implementation of preventive measures both within and outside the building or workplace in order to prevent the transmission of COVID-19. The main objective of this project is to develop a face mask and social distance detector. You Only Learn One Representation (YOLOR) was implemented as a most advanced end-to-end target identification approach to develop the proposed system. An online available facemask dataset was utilized. The developed system can track individuals wearing masks in real time and can also identify and highlight persons with a rectangular box if their social distance is violated. This proposed interactive framework enables constant monitoring both internally and externally, thereby enhancing the capacity to identify offenders and ensure the safety of all individuals involved.

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