RAIPUR: Amid concern over safety of Indian students in Kyrgyzstan, including 450 from Chhattisgarh, International School of Medicine (ISM) at Biskek has maintained that all possible measures to ensure safety of the students in view of prevailing Covid-19 pandemic situation.Responding to two recent TOI online reports from Raipur, Chhattisgarh that about 450 students from the state are stuck in Kyrgyzstan, International School of Medicine’s rector Dr Panibhushan said there was no cause of concern as of now as “there is not a single case of infection or even symptoms in hostel and college premises”. He said the college and hotel premises is safer than allowing any student to travel and expose them to infection. The medical school have sufficient stock of food and groceries to run canteen for more than 45 days.Dr Panibhushan said all the students are in sound mental and physical health and the entire campus is sealed for the external world and any entry from outside is prohibited. “However, ISM is closely interacting with the Indian embassy make necessary and safe arrangement for sending the student back to India in a very safe and protective environment/facilities."Stating that he himself has opted to stay with the students, Dr Panibhushan said the students are being engaged in creative learning and educating on preventive measure to deal with any situation. Besides, there is no interruption in their studies as classes are conducted online and social distancing aspect is also taken care of.Urging students and their parents not to get panic, Dr Panibhushan said, “Facing the pandemic, it is not what happened matters, it is how we respond” , reiterating that there is no cause for concern.Nearly 10,000 Indian students are studying in different colleges of Kyrgyzstan. Among them, 200 Chhattisgarh students are in International School Of Medicine (ISM) in Bishkek, 100 in Osh Medical University in Osh, 70 in Asian State Medical Academy, 50 in Jalal-Abad State Medical University and 35 in Kyrgyz State Medical University in Bishkek.Chhattisgarh governor Anasuiya Uikey and state minister Amerjeet Singh Bhagat have written to external affairs minister S Jaishankar requesting them to make arrangements to bring back nearly 50 students from the state from Kyrgyzstan.