When economic activity is temporarily unexpectedly reduced, companies start running out of cash / working capital.
Injecting extra liquidity means that companies are able to get short-term loans to cover expenses and continue functioning, instead of going bankrupt during the chaos (which would also facilitate bankrupting their suppliers and creditors).
It's standard Keynesian monetary policy. There's bound to be some impact on the economy from the coronavirus, but sudden shocks to the system cause the economy to overreact, and far more people get thrown out of work. If the government overstimulates, then you get inflation, but in a crisis unemployment is a bigger problem.
How can this help when economic activities halt?