Octavia Spencer has donated respiratory monitors to medical facilities in Alabama and New York. The 47-year-old actress took to Instagram on Tuesday to reveal she’d helped give the machines to healthcare services fighting the Covid-19 virus. “I, like many of you, have felt helpless in knowing how to help during this time,” the Hidden Figures star wrote. “Seeing what is happening in the communities that I love, I have teamed up with @Mikucare to donate monitors to nursing and medical facilities in Alabama and New York to provide much needed relief to nurses as they navigate care for COVID-19 patients. “Miku’s contactless respiratory monitoring offers the ability to detect nuanced changes in breathing patterns.