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An Indian official said that as many as 100 companies want to leave China because of the coronavirus pandemic and relocate to India.

“US has significant investment in China. Prime Minister and Chief Minister want to use the opportunity where industries are moving out of China and see how they can be brought to India, especially to UP,” Uttar Pradesh cabinet minister Sidharth Nath Singh said, referring to his home state, according to the Hindustan Times.

“Video-conferencing was held with over 100 American companies yesterday, in a webinar. They’ve shown interest,” said Singh.

While not specifying which companies had expressed interest in moving to India, which shares a border with China, he said the companies included “big names” in the logistics, scientific instrumentation, electronics and automobile sectors.

“They already have investments in China. I’m hopeful we’ll be able to bring them to UP, given how we’re working by making changes in our industrial and sectorial policy,” Singh added about discussions during the webinar, hosted by the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum.

He did name some companies that participated in the session, including Adobe, Boston Scientific and UPS, but did not indicate whether they were among those thinking of bugging out over the deadly crisis.

While precise numbers are elusive, reports indicate that tens of thousands of US businesses have operations in China or use Chinese factories to produce their products.