A Florida shop owner is selling face masks crafted from Burmese python skin to customers looking to make a "fashion statement" while limiting the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19.

A South Florida man is making stylish face masks that could help the environment. Brian Wood says pythons are invasive species that he hunts and turns into masks.

Finding ways around the problem There are currently no usable photo data sets of mask-wearing people that can be used to train and evaluate facial recognition systems.

The newest thing COVID-19 has infected is fashion. One Broward County business, All American Gator, is making face masks from exotic leather like alligator, iguana, sting ray and python.

Masks can fool facial recognition systems, but the algorithms are learning fast A new government report reviewed how nearly 100 facial recognition systems are faring in the Covid-19 pandemic.

The US Department of Homeland Security has carried out trials to test whether facial recognition algorithms could correctly identify masked individuals.

With face masks now compulsory or recommended in various parts of the country, how are facial recognition systems functioning?