The assumption is that the case involves an immigrant, but no word of that in this short AP story (posted at Drudge):
LYNN, Mass. (AP) — More than 30 Lynn Community Health Center employees and 800 patients are being tested to determine if they were exposed to tuberculosis after center doctors confirmed a case. [must be active TB or they wouldn’t be taking such measures—ed]
Center Director Lori Berry says after confirming the single positive test for tuberculosis in a male health care worker around Labor Day, center medical workers contacted and tested employees as well as patients ‘‘having sufficient exposure to warrant testing.’’
See all of our earlier posts (going back a couple of years) on the refugee and migrant overload in Lynn by clicking here. See especially this post from 2011 where the mayor was planning to ask the United Nations to stop sending refugees to the town. Refugees with TB are permitted entry to the US (see our health issues category).