A software engineer in Beijing working on a facial recognition programme that identifies people when they wear a face mask on March 6, 2020. - Reuters
BEIJING (Reuters): A Chinese company says it has developed the country's first facial recognition technology that can identify people when they are wearing a mask, as most are these days because of the coronavirus, and help in the fight against the disease.
China employs some of the world's most sophisticated systems of electronic surveillance, including facial recognition.
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