A 64-year-old man who had been waiting outside a COVID vaccination centre in the scorching heat in Nalasopara collapsed and died on Friday. Sources said the man, later identified as Harish Panchal, had walked up to the Primary Health Centre (PHC) near Patankar Park for a shot, but there was no proper arrangement for visitors to weather the rising temperatures.

The primary health centre where Panchal was waiting for his vaccine turn